Piper PA46 accident near Trout Creek, NY
On June 30, 2024, a Piper PA46 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Trout Creek, NY. 5 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 30, 2024
- Place
- Trout Creek, NY
- Aircraft
- Piper PA46 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.239°N, 75.264°W
- NTSB ID
- 20240630194574
Official records · ERA24FA283
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC - Certified Audio: Recording (ZIP), on ntsb.gov
- ATC - Services Review: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC - Aircraft Accident Package: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC - FAA Adsb Data: Document (ZIP), on ntsb.gov
- ATC - Covered Event Review (Cer): Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn June 30, 2024, at 1355 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-46-310P airplane, N85PG, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Trout Creek, New York. The private pilot and four passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot filed an IFR flight plan from Albert S Nader Regional Airport (N66), Oneonta, New York, to West Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW), Charleston, West Virginia. The flight plan indicated an en route time of 2 hours 47 minutes, the amount of fuel onboard as 5 hours 34 minutes, a cruising altitude of 12,000 ft msl, and a departure time of 1300. A review of flight track data showed the airplane departed N66 at 1343 and was climbing on a southwesterly ground track when the pilot contacted ATC requesting an IFR clearance. A controller at the Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) acknowledged, provided the pilot a discrete transponder code, and identified the airplane’s location 5 miles southwest of N66. The controller then issued the pilot an IFR clearance to CRW “as filed” and issued an instruction to climb to 10,000 ft msl. The pilot acknowledged and continued to climb toward the southwest en route to LOPEZ, the first fix noted on the filed flight plan. The flight track in the climb included multiple deviations left and right of course, which continued for the duration of the flight. At 1345, the controller reported to the pilot that there were areas of moderate to heavy precipitation off his right side that would continue
Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of airplane control in flight due to spatial disorientation during a climb to cruise altitude in instrument meteorological conditions and turbulence, which resulted in the in-flight breakup of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s continued flight into an area of known convective activity.
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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.
