Piper PA-60-601P accident near Lakeway, TX
On August 3, 2004, a Piper PA-60-601P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lakeway, TX. 6 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 3, 2004
- Place
- Lakeway, TX
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-60-601P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.340°N, 97.988°W
- NTSB ID
- 20040809X01174
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 3, 2004, at 1159 central daylight time, an Aerostar PA-60-601P twin-engine airplane, N601BV, was destroyed shortly after take off from Runway 16 at Lakeway Airpark (3R9), Austin, Texas. The commercial pilot and five passengers (three adults and two children) sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was registered to Aviation Flight Standards, LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, and operated by one of the passengers. A visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed for the flight that departed Lakeway Airpark, about 1158, and was destined for the Wylie Post Airport (PWA), near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the business flight (fractional ownership) conducted under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Several witnesses observed the airplane prior to, during and after the airplane departed. A relative of four of the passengers onboard the airplane stated that the pilot, a passenger and his brother-in-law landed at Lakeway Airport about 1030 that morning. They had flown in to pick-up his sister-in-law, niece and nephew, who had been visiting him for the past week. Prior to departure, the relative observed the passenger fill the right wing tank with 7.1 gallons of fuel from the self-service fuel pump. The passenger read out loud the amount of fuel that was being placed in the tank to the pilot as it was being fueled. The passenger then filled the left tank with fuel, but the relative did not know the amount, since he was preoccupied with saying good-bye to his family. However, he did observe the passenger to la
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to successfully perform a short-field takeoff and his subsequent failure to maintain adequate airspeed during climbout, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
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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.
