# Accident 20061217029359A: Piper PA24260, Bucyrus, OH, December 17, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2006, 19:05 local time
- Place: Bucyrus, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7917° N, 82.9800° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7917&lon=-82.9800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9073P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9073P-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 700 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061217029359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ON FLIGHT FROM OKLAHOMA TO MAINE, STOPPED FOR FUEL IN ILLINOIS. CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 11,500' MSL. AFTER FLYING APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AT 11,500' MSL, RADAR DATE SHOW ERRATIC FLIGHT PATTERN, (CLIMB AND DESCENT OF 500 FEET TOTAL) SHORTLY FOLLOWED BY AN EXTREME DESCENT FROM ALTITUDE (11,600' MSL THROUGH 7,300' MSL IN A 18 SECOND TIME SPAN. THIS DISCERNED FROM RADAR AND TRANSPONDER HITS BY MFD ATCT). RIGHT WING 1/3 OUTBOARD SECTION SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT AND FOUND APPROXIMATELY 1/2 FROM IMPACT SITE. STABILATOR OUTBOARD 1/4 SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT AND FOUND 1/4 MILE FROM IMPACT SITE. LOSS OF CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT FROM UNKNOWN CAUSES AT THIS TIME.

## 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 CHI07FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA041), Dec 18, 2006: Piper PA-24-260 (N9073P), Bucyrus, OH, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The inadvertent stall the pilot encountered during cruise flight while inadvertently entering an area of icing and his exceeding the design limits of the airplane during the subsequent descent.…

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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