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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-46-310P · Aitkin, MN · June 2, 1996

Date: June 2, 1996 · 13:33 local
Place: Aitkin, MN
Airport: Aitkin Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N9114Q
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI96FA184
Reported as: Piper PA46310P
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520*
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 4
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,700 total

N9114QRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 1998 · Piper PA-46-310PS/N 4608049 Airframe modelPiper PA-46-310P

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What happened

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Entered thunderstorm. Heavy rain hail. Icing turbulence. Entered flat spin. Crashed in swamp. Over gross weight. (-23) aircraft entered moderate rainshowers and possible icing conditions. Pilot turned acft to north to get out of conditions. Pilot turned back to south then reported losing control of acft entering a flat spin and reports acft feels like there is no tail. Aircraft crashed approx 6 miles north of Aitkin, MN in swamp.

As the FAA filed it

ENTERED THUNDERSTORM. HEAVY RAIN HAIL. ICING TURBULENCE. ENTERED FLAT SPIN. CRASHED IN SWAMP. OVER GROSS WEIGHT. (-23) AIRCRAFT ENTERED MODERATE RAINSHOWERS AND POSSIBLE ICING CONDITIONS. PILOT TURNED ACFT TO NORTH TO GET OUT OF CONDITIONS. PILOT TURNED BACK TO SOUTH THEN REPORTED LOSING CONTROL OF ACFT ENTERING A FLAT SPIN AND REPORTS ACFT FEELS LIKE THERE IS NO TAIL. AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROX 6 MILES NORTH OF AITKIN, MN IN SWAMP.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB CHI96FA184Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportAitkin, MNthe pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather conditions and the pilot exceeding the design stress limits of the airplane. Factors contributing to this accident were: the thunderstorms, hail, and wind gusts, and the airplane's over maximum gross…Jun 2, 1996 · Destroyed