# Accident 20070404004039A: Piper PA30, Trappe, MD, April 4, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2007, 09:37 local time
- Place: Trappe, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6150° N, 76.0428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6150&lon=-76.0428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555EM-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 4,020 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070404004039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT FLEW INTO OR VERY NEAR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

## 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 NYC07FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA091), Apr 4, 2007: Piper PA-30 (N555EM), Trappe, MD, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to fly into an area of thunderstorms, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control and subsequent in-flight breakup. Contributing to the accident was the thunderstorm.

## Other reports on N555EM (1)

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

- [Incident 19960424011289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960424011289I), Apr 24, 1996: Piper PA30 (N555EM), Teterboro, NJ. Narrative: while attempting to land on runway 24, aircraft veered left, ran off the runway into the grass. No damage to aircraft. Mr. Weintraub did not have in…

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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