Piper PA-32R-301 accident near Jacksonville, MD
On March 24, 2007, a Piper PA-32R-301 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Jacksonville, MD. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 24, 2007
- Place
- Jacksonville, MD
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32R-301 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.503°N, 76.555°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070406X00376
Official records · NYC07FA083
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Chronological Summary of Flight and Transcript of Radio Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 24, 2007, about 0920 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-32R-301, N324ST, was destroyed when it impacted terrain following a loss of control while maneuvering near Jacksonville, Maryland. The certificated private pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed for the flight that departed Harford County Airport (0W3), Churchville, Maryland, about 0906, destined for Virginia Highlands Airport (VJI), Abingdon, Virginia. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. According to transcripts provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the accident pilot contacted the Williamsport Automated Flight Service Station via telephone on the day prior to the accident to obtain a weather briefing and to file an IFR flight plan. During the briefing, the pilot indicated that he was going to fly to VJI so that he could attend a NASCAR race in Bristol, Tennessee. The next morning, the pilot contacted Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) to obtain his IFR clearance. At 0858, the pilot was given a clearance and was told that the clearance would be void at 0908 (10 minutes). The pilot acknowledged. Eight minutes later the pilot departed and contacted Potomac TRACON shortly after departure. The airplane’s Avidyne Entegra flight deck instrumentation was capable of recording some flight data and other parameters. Safety Board investigators downloaded these data, and compared them to air traffic control (AT
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane which was a result of spatial disorientation after takeoff into instrument conditions with an operationally degraded electronic primary flight display. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s failure to properly utilize the airplane’s standby flight instruments, the electronic primary flight display system’s unaligned state prior to tak
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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.
