Piper PA-31P accident near Louisville, MS
On September 27, 1999, a Piper PA-31P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Louisville, MS. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 27, 1999
- Place
- Louisville, MS
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-31P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.121°N, 89.049°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19825
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 27, 1999, about 0605 central daylight time, a Piper PA-31P, N100EE, registered to a private individual, collided with a tree then the runway during a non-precision instrument approach to Louisville Winston County Airport (LMS), Louisville, Mississippi. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was destroyed by impact and postcrash fire and the commercial-rated pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The flight originated about 0526, from Tupelo Municipal-CD Lemons Airport, Tupelo, Mississippi. According to a transcription of communications with Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), at 0526:26, the pilot contacted the facility and advised that the flight had departed Tupelo, was at 1,000 feet requesting IFR clearance to Louisville. The flight was cleared as filed, then cleared to climb to 4,000 feet, which was acknowledged by the pilot. At 0548:02, the flight was cleared to descend and maintain 3,000 feet which was acknowledged by the pilot. At 0548:14, the controller advised the pilot that there was no weather reporting at his destination airport but provided the weather for the Golden Triangle Airport that included the altimeter setting of 30.01 inHg. At 0548:34, the controller radioed the pilot and stated, "yes sir are you ah ah vmc conditions now or imc." The pilot advised the controller that the flight was above a layer and requested the non-directional beacon (NDB) instrument approach to runwa
Probable cause
The pilot's disregard for the published minimum descent altitude resulting in tree contact and separation of 51 inches of the left wing. Findings in the investigation were the pilot's two failures of the ATP checkride in a multiengine airplane.
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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.
