Piper PA60 accident near Springfield, IL
On January 28, 2020, a Piper PA60 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Springfield, IL. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 28, 2020
- Place
- Springfield, IL
- Aircraft
- Piper PA60 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.762°N, 89.572°W
- NTSB ID
- 20200128X73907
Official records · CEN20FA070
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Communications Summary: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn January 28, 2020, about 1503 central standard time, a Piper PA-60-601P airplane, N6071R, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Springfield Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI), Springfield, Illinois. The pilot and two passengers, and a dog were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. About 1301, the flight departed from Huntsville International Airport (HSV), Huntsville, Alabama, on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan to SPI. According to automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data, the flight departed runway 18L at HSV and turned north-northwest toward SPI. The airplane subsequently climbed to 10,000 ft mean sea level (msl) and continued direct toward SPI. At 1440:34, the pilot established radio contact with Springfield approach and reported level flight at 10,000 ft msl. The approach controller replied that the pilot should expect radar vectors to join the localizer for the instrument landing system (ILS) to runway 31 at SPI. At 1441:20, the approach controller told the pilot about pilot reports (PIREP) for light-to-moderate mixed icing in the clouds at 3,000 ft msl and cleared the pilot to descend and maintain 3,000 ft msl. At 1441:32, the pilot reported leaving 10,000 ft msl for 3,000 ft msl. At 1441:43, the approach controller instructed the pilot to fly a 350° heading for vectors to the localizer. The pilot confirmed the heading change, and the airplane turned to a 350° course while still in a descent. At 1448:54, the pilot reported that the
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to follow the instrument landing system (ILS) course guidance during the instrument approach.
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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.
