Piper PA 46-310P accident near Chariton, IA
On September 7, 2016, a Piper PA 46-310P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Chariton, IA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 7, 2016
- Place
- Chariton, IA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA 46-310P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 41.090°N, 93.109°W
- NTSB ID
- 20160908X03741
Official records · CEN16FA361
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- NTSB ATC Specialist Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn August 7, 2016, about 1219 central daylight time, a Piper PA-46-310P airplane, N465JM, was destroyed when it impacted terrain after an in-flight breakup near Williamson, Iowa. The private pilot sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was owned by Wolf Aviation LLC and operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Regulations Part 91. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area, and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight, which originated from Johnson County Executive Airport (OJC), Olathe, Kansas, about 1130 and was enroute to Ankeny Regional Airport (IKV), Ankeny, Iowa. According to radar data and air traffic control communications information from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the pilot was receiving visual flight rules (VFR) flight following from the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) at a cruise altitude of 13,500 ft mean sea level (msl). The pilot had deviated around convective weather earlier in the flight and was proceeding direct to IKV. The controller issued a weather advisory to the pilot about areas of moderate to extreme precipitation along his route, and the pilot responded that he had weather information on the airplane's NEXRAD system. About 3 minutes later, the pilot reported to the controller that he was around the weather and requested to start a descent direct to IKV. The controller responded that the descent altitude was at the pilot's discretion, then instructed the pilot to contact Des Moines Air Traffic Control Tower. The controller received no response from the pi
Probable cause
The non-instrument-rated pilot's loss of control due to spatial disorientation in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's design stress limitations and a subsequent in-flight breakup. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to continue visual flight into convective instrument meteorological conditions.
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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.
