# Accident 19990404002939A: Piper PA46350P, Waldron, AR, April 4, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1999, 18:40 local time
- Place: Waldron, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Location: 34.8891° N, 94.0902° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8891&lon=-94.0902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N497CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N497CA-2002-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990404002939A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (-23)ON APRIL 4, 1999, ARICRAFT N497CA, A PIPER PA46, DEPARTED NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ENROUTE TO DALLAS, TEXAS, IMPACTED GROUND APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES EAST OF WALRON, ARKANSAS.  PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES DURING THE IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP.  PARTS WERE FOUND OVER A 3 MILE AREA.

## 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 FTW99FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA104), Apr 4, 1999: Piper PA-46-350P (N497CA), Waldron, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with adverse weather and loss of aircraft control, which resulted in exceeding the aircraft's design stress limits. Factors were the pilot's lack of total experience in the make…

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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