# Accident 19950214046629A: Piper PA46310P, Eau Claire, WI, February 14, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1995, 22:50 local time
- Place: Eau Claire, WI
- Airport: Chippewa Valley Reg Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9297° N, 91.3904° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9297&lon=-91.3904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9YP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9YP-2014-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520BE
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950214046629A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OVER GROSS AND AFT CG ON TAKEOFF. EN ROUTE ICING. DIVERTED EAU. STALLED TURNING FINAL. OVER GROSS. DEICE NOT ARMED. (-23) ON FEB 14, 1995 A PIPER PA-46-310P N9YP OPERATED BY AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENTS AND PILOTED BY JOEY BAUM, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT STRUCK THE GROUND ABOUT 1 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 22 OF CHIPPEWA VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT (EAW) CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. THE PILOT & COPILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND BOTH PASSENGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT OPERATED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC95FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95FA056), Feb 15, 1995: Piper PA-46-310P (N9YP), Chippewa Falls, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to depart into known adverse weather conditions, and the subsequent encounter with freezing drizzle, resulting in an inadvertent stall and collision with the terrain…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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