# Accident 20020924026369A: Piper PA32R301T, Yeehawjunction, FL, September 24, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2002, 14:25 local time
- Place: Yeehawjunction, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6667° N, 80.9167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6667&lon=-80.9167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106JG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106JG-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02FA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020924026369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. JEFFREY S. GINSBURG, HOLDER OF PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 373842914, OPERATED HIS PIPER PA-32R-301T, N106JG, ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT (IFR) FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY AIRPORT (LNA), LANTANA, FLORIDA TO THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ORL), ORLANDO, FLORIDA. MR. GINSBURG DEPARTED LNA WITH HIS MOTHER MRS. HARRIET GINSBURG AT APPROXIMATELY 13:28 LOCAL TIME. ENROUTE, THE PILOT HAD BEEN CLEARED TO 7,000 FEET. IN THE VICINITY OF YEEHAW JUNCTION, WEST OF VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, THE PILOT, MR. GINSBURG REQUESTED A DESCENT TO 5,000 FEET. MIAMI CENTER CLEARED N106JG TO DESCEND TO THE REQUESTED ALTITUDE. AT THIS POINT IN THE FLIGHT THE PILOT INDICATED A LOSS OF "GYROS". THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY MIAMI ARTCC RADAR TO ASCEND TO 7,500 FEET THEN N106JG WAS OBSERVED TO DESCEND IN AN APPARENT SPIRALING DESCENT. MIAMI CENTER LOST RADAR CONTACT AT APPROXIMATELY 14:10 LOCAL TIME. N106JG EXPERIENCED IN FLIGHT SEPARATION OF RIGHT WING AND TAIL COMPONENTS DURING THE DESCENT AND CRASHED IN A SHALLOW A STREAM BED APPROXIMATELY 3 NM WEST OF YEEHAW JUNCTION, FLORIDA.

## 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 MIA02FA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA173), Sep 24, 2002: Piper PA-32R-301T (N106JG), Yeehaw Junction, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continued flight into known severe weather, resulting in an in-flight separation of the right wing, vertical stabilizer and the stabilator. Factors in this accident were heavy…

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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