Piper PA60-602P accident near Camp Hill, AL
On May 10, 2006, a Piper PA60-602P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Camp Hill, AL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 10, 2006
- Place
- Camp Hill, AL
- Aircraft
- Piper PA60-602P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.760°N, 85.693°W
- NTSB ID
- 20060516X00574
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 10, 2006, at 0921central daylight time (CDT), a Piper PA60-602P, N68999, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 business flight, had an in-flight breakup in the vicinity of Camp Hill, Alabama, while maneuvering to reverse its flight path in an intense to extreme radar echo (VIP level 5 to level 6 thunderstorm.) Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at flight altitude and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. The private pilot and one passenger received fatal injuries. The flight originated from Habersham County Airport, Cornelia, Georgia, on May 10, 2006, at 09:19 eastern daylight time (EDT). The airplane wreckage was located on May 11, 2006. A person who identified himself as the pilot of N68999 telephoned Macon Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) at 0856 EDT, requesting a weather briefing for an IFR flight to Mobile, Alabama. The flight service specialist provided information on a line of embedded thunderstorm activity along the route from Atlanta to Mobile including SIGMETs and advising that tops were forecast to be at 41,000 to 50,000 feet. The specialist suggested that the pilot not depart immediately because of the weather, but said that it might be possible to land at an intermediate stop ahead of the weather, possibly in the Pensacola or further north in the Crestview area, wait for the storms to pass, and then continue the flight to Mobile. The pilot filed an IFR flight plan from Cornelia, Georgia, to Pensacola at 16,000 feet. At 0916 EDT, the pilot telephoned
Probable cause
The pilot's continued flight into known thunderstorms resulting in an in-flight break up. A factor in the accident was air traffic controller's failure to issue extreme weather radar echo intensity information displayed on the controller's radar to the pilot.
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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.
