# Accident 20060320003929A: Piper PA34200T, Branson, MO, March 20, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2006, 12:30 local time
- Place: Branson, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6361° N, 93.2842° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6361&lon=-93.2842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21RR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21RR-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060320003929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD SENECA N21RR DEPARTED RUNWAY 11 AT M. GRAHAM CLARK-TANEY COUNTY AIRPORT (PLK), POINT LOOKOUT, MO, ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO LUBBOCK, TEXAS. THE FLIGHT WAS CLEARED TO 4,000 FEET BY SGF ATCT AND ENTERED IMC CONDITIONS SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. RADAR DATA DEPICTED N21RR TURNING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND REACHING 2,900 FEET MSL, FOLLOWED BY A DESCENT UNTIL RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. WITNESSES ON THE GROUND OBSERVED N21RR MANEUVERING BELOW THE CLOUD BASES, ESTIMATED TO BE 400 FEET AGL, IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION. PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH SGF ATCT, STATING THAT HE "WAS IN TROUBLE, I'M IN BIG TROUBLE." HE THEN STATED THAT HE WAS "FLYING LOW OVER THE CITY AND TRYING TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT." THERE WAS NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION. OTHER WITNESSES OBSERVED N21RR TURN TO THE NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY TREETOP LEVEL MOMENTS BEFORE THE AIRPLANE APPARENTLY STALLED AND IMPACTED A SELF-STORAGE BUILDING. THE ENSUING FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT EXCEPT FOR THE EMPANNAGE AND ENGINES. BOTH ENGINES AND PROPELLERS WERE RECOVERED AND TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL WORKSHOP. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE ENGINES AND PROPELLERS REVEALED NO OBVIOUS ABNORMALITIES.

## 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 CHI06FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA094), Mar 20, 2006: Piper PA34-200T (N21RR), Branson, MO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin while maneuvering to return to the departure airport for landing after declaring an emergency for…

## Other reports on N21RR (1)

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

- [Incident 19990408046979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990408046979I), Apr 8, 1999: Piper PA34200T (N21RR), Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) N21RR lost power on left engine shortly after takeoff at approximately 200 at AGL. When the aircraft was on the downwind leg, it struck a power line, and…

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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