Piper PA-32RT-300 accident near Concord, NC
On March 30, 2001, a Piper PA-32RT-300 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Concord, NC. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 30, 2001
- Place
- Concord, NC
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32RT-300 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.417°N, 80.705°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010405X00705
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 30, 2001, at about 0606 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-32RT-300, N42Y call sign catbird 124, registered to NES Enterprises of NC LLC, operated by Corporate Air Fleet as a 14 CFR Part 135 air taxi flight, crashed during an ILS runway 20 instrument approach to Concord Regional Airport, Concord, North Carolina. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed and the commercial pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from Lincolnton, North Carolina (IPJ), about 25 minutes before the accident. Review of communication between Charlotte approach control and catbird 124 revealed that catbird 124 was cleared for takeoff at 1050:00Z (05:50 EST) with the restriction that his clearance was void if not off the ground by 1055. Catbird 124 reported at 1052:45, that he was runway heading climbing to 3,000 feet. Charlotte departure informed catbird 124 that he was radar contact at 1053:05, and instructed him to climb and maintain 4,000 feet which was acknowledged by catbird 124 at 1053:10. At 1053:45, catbird 124 was asked by approach if he was familiar with the notams at Concord, and was informed that the glide slope was out of service and that the ILS DME was unmonitored. Catbird 124 stated, "yes sir I mean yes maam." He was further instructed by approach that the visibility was unreliable at Concord as well as the AWOS visibility, and was instructed to advise when he had the AWOS information, which was acknowledged. At1054:59 approach stated, "attention all aircraft arrival informat
Probable cause
An in-flight collision with terrain for undetermined reasons.
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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.
