Piper PA-46-310P accident near Mountain Home, ID
On November 22, 1993, a Piper PA-46-310P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Mountain Home, ID. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 22, 1993
- Place
- Mountain Home, ID
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-46-310P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 43.360°N, 115.520°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X13792
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 22, 1993, at 0111 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-46-310P, N84PM, registered to and being flown by Phillip G. Aslett, a certificated private, instrument-rated pilot, was destroyed when the aircraft collided with terrain during an uncontrolled descent ten nautical miles north of Mountain Home, Idaho. The pilot was fatally injured. Variable dark night meteorological conditions prevailed in southwestern Idaho at the time of the accident, and no flight plan had been filed. The personal flight was to have been operated in accordance with the requirements set forth in 14CFR91. Mr. Dick Reeder, owner of Reeder Flying Services, a fixed based operator at the Twin Falls Airport, was interviewed by telephone on the evening of November 23, 1994. Mr. Reeder reported that on the evening of November 21st, he was at home sitting outdoors, located approximately two miles northeast of the Twin Falls Airport. He stated that he heard a sound similar to an abrupt and rapid power application for a departing aircraft. He reported observing white strobe lights from a departing aircraft heading initially westbound, then turning north and circling over the airport. The lights then proceeded south away from Twin Falls. Mr. Reeder's estimate of the time of this event was 2230 hours. The Salt Lake Air Route Traffic Control Center's (ARTCC) first radar target associated with the aircraft was at 2240:22, and showed the aircraft climbing through 16,700 feet mean sea level (msl) at a location approximately 24 nautical miles (nm) south-southeast of the Twin Falls Airport. Th
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S INTENTIONAL SUICIDE AND IMPAIRMENT FROM CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
