# Accident 20041114030049A: Piper PA28R200, Tunica, MS, November 14, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2004, 12:20 local time
- Place: Tunica, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5669° N, 90.3150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5669&lon=-90.3150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56960, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56960-2006-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 100 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041114030049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM L38 TO MAW. AIRMAN CALLED MEM APPROACH CONTROL ASKING FOR CLEARANCE THROUGH CLASS B AIRSPACE. AIRMAN WAS GIVEN TRANSPONDER CODE AND ASSIGNED NEW FREQUENCY. AIRMAN ENTERED CODE BUT FAILED TO CHECK-IN ON NEW FREQUENCY. AIRCRAFT WAS IDENTIFIED ON RADAR AND THEN LOST. EYEWITNESSES CALLED 911 TO REPORT SEEING THE AIRCRAFT IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THE MAIN FUSELAGE LANDED ON ITS BACK IN A COTTON FIELD SIX MILES SOUTH OF THE TUNICA, MS AIRPORT. APPROXIMATELY 1/2 OF THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF EACH WING AND THE STABILATOR WERE LOCATED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE NORTH OF THE OTHER WRECKAGE. AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BREAK UP IN FLIGHT.

## 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 MIA05FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA028), Nov 14, 2004: Piper PA-28R-200 (N56960), Dubbs, MS, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his in-flight loss of control, resulting in overstress of the airframe and subsequent structural failure.

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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