Piper PA-32-300 accident near Round Mountain, NV
On January 2, 2025, a Piper PA-32-300 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Round Mountain, NV. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- January 2, 2025
- Place
- Round Mountain, NV
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-300 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 38.767°N, 116.933°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250122199577
Official records · WPR25LA080
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn January 2, 2025, at an unknown time, a Piper PA-32-300 airplane, N4151R, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Round Mountain, Nevada. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot’s wife, he left on the morning of the accident (a Thursday), and when he did not return home that evening, she assumed that he had left for a couple of days to “regroup,” which was not unusual. However, she became worried when the pilot did not respond to texts and phone calls from their children on Saturday, January 4, and filed a missing persons report on Sunday, January 5. After going to the airport, she realized the pilot’s airplane was missing, and her daughter subsequently filed a missing aircraft report. The Federal Aviation Administration issued an Alert Notice (ALNOT) for the missing airplane on January 6. The wreckage was located by the Nevada Department of Wildlife on January 16. According to ADS-B flight track data, the airplane departed from North Las Vegas Airport (VGT), Las Vegas, Nevada, about 1051 Pacific standard time and made a climbing right turn to a northwesterly heading. About 1104, the airplane turned left to a westerly heading and maintained an altitude about 10,000 ft mean sea level (msl). About 1143, the flight track turned northerly, and continued on this heading until it ceased completely at 1203:48, at an altitude of 10,000 ft msl. The wreckage was located by law enforcement about 60 nm north of the last recorded ADS-B
Probable cause
Impact with mountainous terrain for reasons that could not be determined due to a lack of available evidence.
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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.
