# Accident 20060510008069A: Piper PA60602P, Camp Hill, AL, May 10, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2006, 09:20 local time
- Place: Camp Hill, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7600° N, 85.6931° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7600&lon=-85.6931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68999, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68999-2007-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-60-602P (registry code 7106015, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-60-602p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60602P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540AA1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060510008069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 10, 2006, AT 9:20 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A PIPER PA-60-602P, N68999, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 BUSINESS FLIGHT BROKE UP IN-FLIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF CAMP HILL, ALABAMA, WHILE MANEUVERING TO REVERSE ITS FLIGHT PATH IN A LEVEL 5 AND 6 THUNDERSTORM. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT FLIGHT ALTITUDE AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM HABERSHAM COUNTY AIRPORT, CORNELIA, GEORGIA, ON MAY 10, 2006 AT 0919 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME. THE AIRPLANE WAS LOCATED ON MAY 11, 2006.

## 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 ATL06FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA076), May 10, 2006: Piper PA60-602P (N68999), Camp Hill, AL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into known thunderstorms resulting in an in-flight break up. A factor in the accident was air traffic controller's failure to issue extreme weather radar echo intensity…

## Other reports on N68999 (1)

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

- [Incident 20000714035979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000714035979I), Jul 14, 2000: Piper PA60602P (N68999), Baltimore, MD, Minor damage. (-23)[privacy data omitted] admitted he retracted the landing gear while taxing to the ramp instead of the flaps.

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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