# Accident 20010603014789A: Piper PA31T2, Jackson, TN, June 3, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2001, 16:11 local time
- Place: Jackson, TN
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4956° N, 88.9039° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4956&lon=-88.9039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31XL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31XL-2004-08-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T2 (registry code 7103127, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01FA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01FA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010603014789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 3, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1611 CST A PIPER PA-31-T2, N31XL, OPERATED BY FALCON COMMUNICATION OF MALDEN, MO CRASHED SOUTH OF THE JACKSON, TN AIRPORT (MKL). THE PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MALDEN, MISSOURI AND ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT REPORTED TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER THAT HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH AN ENGINE AND WAS GOING TO SHUT IT DOWN.  THE CONTROLLER TOLD THE PILOT THAT HE COULD DESCEND TO 7,000 FEET.  ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT REQUESTED VECTORS FOR THE ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY AT MKL.  THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE CONTROLLER THAT HE HAD THE LEFT ENGINE SHUT DOWN.  APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD A RUNWAY PROPELLER.  ABOUT 1 MINUTE LATER, THE PILOT REPORTED TO BE IN VISUAL CONDITIONS AND REQUESTED RADAR VECTOR DIRECT TO THE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD A CLOUD LAYER UNDER HIM AND THAT HE HAD THE LOCALIZER FREQUENCY SET FOR RUNWAY 2.  THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT MKL TOWER AND NO FURTHER CONTACT WAS MADE.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A WOODED 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 MIA01FA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01FA152), Jun 3, 2001: Piper PA-31-T2 (N31XL), Jackson, TN, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's shutting down the left engine following loss of control of the left propeller resulting in an in-flight loss of control of the airplane due to the windmilling propeller. Factors in the…

## Other reports on N31XL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990802022989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990802022989I), Aug 2, 1999: Piper PA31T2 (N31XL), Lexington, KY, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed gear up. Minor damage. No injures.

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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