Piper PA-32R-301 accident near Carthage, MS
On June 12, 2003, a Piper PA-32R-301 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Carthage, MS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 12, 2003
- Place
- Carthage, MS
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32R-301 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.687°N, 89.687°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030619X00908
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 12, 2003, about 1124 central daylight time, a Piper PA-32R-301, N232HC, registered to Acme Paper Box Company, Inc., experienced in-flight separation of both sides of the horizontal stabilator and left wing while descending near Carthage, 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 from the Anderson Municipal Airport-Darlington Field, Anderson, Indiana, to the Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana. The airplane was destroyed and the private-rated pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated about 0739 central standard time from Anderson Municipal Airport-Darlington Field. According to a transcription of communications with the Kankakee, Illinois, Automated Flight Service Station (Kankakee AFSS), on the day of the accident at 0652:27, a person using the call sign of the accident airplane contacted the flight service station and requested a standard weather briefing for a flight from Anderson, Indiana, to New Orleans, Louisiana. The briefing specialist (briefer) questioned whether the flight would be conducted under visual flight rules (VFR) or IFR, the person responded "IFR sir." The briefer inquired about the altitude and the person responded with "six and nine please." The caller was advised of showers and thunderstorm activity, "...along uh well throughout arkansas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, do you have storm scope and all that stuff" to which the caller replied "yes sir." The briefer provi
Probable cause
The failure of the non-instrument rated pilot to following the in-flight weather avoidance assistance instructions offered by the controller and his continued flight into known adverse weather condition (thunderstorm), resulting in overload failure of the left wing and both sides of the horizontal stabilator. A contributing factor in the accident was the pilot's impairment by marijuana.
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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.
