# Accident 19960602012249A: Piper PA46310P, Aitkin, MN, June 2, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1996, 13:33 local time
- Place: Aitkin, MN
- Airport: Aitkin Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5303° N, 93.7090° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5303&lon=-93.7090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9114Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9114Q-1998-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960602012249A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CHI96FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA184), Jun 2, 1996: Piper PA-46-310P (N9114Q), Aitkin, MN, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the 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,…

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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