Piper Aircraft Inc PA46-500TP accident near Olathe, KS
On February 13, 2022, a Piper Aircraft Inc PA46-500TP (airplane) was involved in an accident near Olathe, KS. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 13, 2022
- Place
- Olathe, KS
- Aircraft
- Piper Aircraft Inc PA46-500TP · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.848°N, 94.738°W
- NTSB ID
- 20220213104632
Official records · CEN22FA119
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Recording Of Communications: Audio recording (MP3), on ntsb.gov
- ATC Accident Package: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn February 13, 2022, at 1020 central standard time, a Piper PA-46-500TP, N2445F, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident at the Johnson County Executive Airport (OJC), Olathe, Kansas. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane had recently undergone an annual inspection, and the pilot planned to fly the airplane back to his home base of operations. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed for the flight from OJC to the Albuquerque International Sunport Airport (ABQ), Albuquerque, New Mexico. Communication data indicated that the pilot contacted the OJC controller and the OJC controller issued an IFR clearance for the flight to ABQ. Once the airplane had taxied to the runway, the OJC controller issued a takeoff clearance with instructions to fly a heading of 340° to an altitude of 5,000 ft msl. About one minute later, the pilot informed the tower controller that he urgently needed to return, and the tower controller cleared the airplane to land. The pilot did not provide a reason for the return, and no further transmissions were received from the accident airplane. Flight track data for the accident flight showed that the airplane began the takeoff roll on runway 36 at OJC at 1019:42. The airplane accelerated and reached a peak ground speed of 81 kts about 2,075 ft down the 4,097 ft long runway. Once airborne, the airplane drifted slightly to the right and slowed before it turned back toward the left. The airplane’s groundspeed continue
Probable cause
The unknown emergency that warranted a return to the airport and the airspeed decay which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
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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.
