Piper PA46 accident near Castalia, NC

On June 7, 2019, a Piper PA46 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Castalia, NC. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

June 7, 2019

Place

Castalia, NC

Aircraft

Piper PA46 · Airplane

Injuries

4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

36.137°N, 77.996°W

NTSB ID

20190607X62156

Official records · ERA19FA188

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• ATC - Factual Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• ATC - Attachment 2 - Aircraft Accident Package: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• ATC - Attachment 3 - FAA Radar Data: Document (CSV), on ntsb.gov
• ATC - Attachment 4 - FAA Ads-B Data: Document (CSV), on ntsb.gov
• ATC - Attachment 5 - Eram Screen Captures: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn June 7, 2019, about 1331 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA 46-350P, N709CH, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Castalia, North Carolina. The private pilot, a pilot-rated passenger, and two additional passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. The flight departed Naples Municipal Airport (APF), Naples, Florida, at 1053 under an instrument flight rules flight plan to Easton Airport (ESN), Easton, Maryland. After deviating around weather about 7 minutes after departure, the flight was uneventful until the pilot contacted the Washington (ZDC) Air Route Traffic Control Center controller at 1301 at an altitude of 27,000 ft mean sea level (msl). The controller advised the pilot that she would have a revised routing to ESN shortly. At 1304, the pilot was given the revised routing, and the pilot read back the clearance. At 1305, the controller broadcast that the ZDC Center Weather Advisory (CWA) was available on Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS) and via flight service. At 1317, the pilot advised the controller that his radar showed weather ahead of his route and asked the controller if she observed the same. The controller responded, advising that some aircraft had been going around it and some had been going through it. She cleared the pilot to deviate right of course and, when able, proceed direct to Richmond VORTAC (RIC). The pilot acknowledged. At 1320, the controller advised the pilot that he could deviate left or right around the we

Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to navigate around hazardous weather, resulting in the penetration of a thunderstorm, a loss of airplane control, and an inflight breakup. The air traffic controller’s failure to provide the pilot with adequate and timely weather information as required by FAA Order JO 7110.65X contributed to the pilot’s inability to safely navigate the hazardous weather along his route of flig

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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.