# Accident 20070324004519A: Piper PA32R301, Jacksonville, MD, March 24, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2007, 09:19 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5033° N, 76.5553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5033&lon=-76.5553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N324ST, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N324ST-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: New Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7104307, https://openairdocs.org/model/new-piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1G5 (registry code 41674, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1g5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 575 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070324004519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM HARFORD COUNTY AIRPORT IN CHURCHVILLE (0W3). PEOPLE IN THE AREA DID NOT SEE THE AIRCRAFT CRASH BUT HEARD THE IMPACT. AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE DOVE STRAIGHT IN. THE CRASH SITE IS PRETTY MUCH CONTAINED IN A SMALL AREA. THERE WERE 3 PEOPLE ON BOARD AND ALL HAD FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT HAD FULL FUEL WHEN IT DEPARTED 0W3. THERE WAS ONE EYEWITNESS STATEMENT THAT SAID THE AIRCRAFT DOVE OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND THEN CLIMBED BACK UP INTO THE CLOUDS. MANY EYEWITNESS STATEMENTS STATING THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEARD TO BE NOISY AS IN A DIVE THEN GETTING QUIET AS IN A CLIMB. SOME STATEMENTS AS TO A LOUD WHINE AS IF IN A DIVE. WRECKAGE WAS CONTAINED IN A SMALL AREA. ALL AIRCRAFT ITEMS WERE ACCOUNTED FOR. CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED. THE PILOT'S LOGBOOK WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO VERIFY TIMES FOR THIS REPORT. THE NTSB JUST FOUND THE LOG AND HAD NOT LOOKED IT OVER AT THIS TIME (4/12/07).

## 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 NYC07FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA083), Mar 24, 2007: Piper PA-32R-301 (N324ST), Jacksonville, MD, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane which was a result of spatial disorientation after takeoff into instrument conditions with an operationally degraded electronic primary flight…

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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