Piper Aircraft Inc PA 46-350P accident near Hartsburg, MO

On April 16, 2024, a Piper Aircraft Inc PA 46-350P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hartsburg, MO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

April 16, 2024

Place

Hartsburg, MO

Aircraft

Piper Aircraft Inc PA 46-350P · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

38.717°N, 92.302°W

NTSB ID

20240416194102

Official records · CEN24FA160

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

Air traffic control records

• ATC Communication Summary: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• Partial Transcript Of Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn April 16, 2024, about 1205 central daylight time, a Piper PA-46-350P airplane, N451MA, was destroyed when it impacted the ground near Hartsburg, Missouri. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot filed an instrument flight rules flight plan from the Dane County Regional Airport (MSN), Madison, Wisconsin, to the Smith Field Airport (SLG), Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and was in contact with ATC from the time of his departure from MSN, about 0951. Review of flight track data provided by the FAA revealed that, after the airplane departed MSN, it turned to the southwest, and climbed to about 16,000 ft mean sea level (msl). The airplane’s course was a direct line to SLG. The airplane remained on this course and at this altitude until 1149 when it turned left to a 170° heading as instructed by ATC to avoid an active MOA. About one minute later, ATC instructed the pilot to turn the airplane to a 180° heading, and a few minutes later to a 190° heading. ATC informed the pilot that any deviation requests would need to be to the left of the airplane’s course since the MOA was to the right. About 1158, the ATC controller advised the pilot of precipitation at his one o’clock, to which the pilot answered that he would inform the controller if he wanted to deviate. At 1203:28, the pilot noted that he was encountering freezing rain and requested to deviate to the left of his course, which the controller approved. At 1204:05, the airplane entered a descending left turn. At the end o

Probable cause

The pilot’s encounter with convective weather conditions, which resulted in a loss of airplane control, the exceedance of the airplane’s never exceed speed, and the resulting overload failure of the horizontal stabilizer and subsequent failure of the airplane’s wings.

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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.