# Accident 20070709017559A: Piper PA32260, Tyringham, MA, July 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2007, 08:10 local time
- Place: Tyringham, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2664° N, 73.2031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2664&lon=-73.2031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5595J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5595J-2010-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,350 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070709017559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ELECTED TOO LATE TO CHANGE COURSE AWAY FROM A SEVERE 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 ATL07FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA102), Jul 9, 2007: Piper PA-32-260 (N5595J), Tyringham, MA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with thunderstorms during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was the failure of air traffic control to appropriately issue weather information and initiate…

## Other reports on N5595J (2)

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

- [Incident 20030404014859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030404014859I), Apr 4, 2003: Piper PA32260 (N5595J), Lakeland, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On April 4, 2003, at 08:55, a PA32-260, N5595J, operated by Mr. Timothy s. ladd, departed runway 9R at the Lakeland Regional Airport, near Lakeland,…
- [Incident 19820419015209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820419015209I), Apr 19, 1982: Piper PA32260 (N5595J), Wauchula, FL, Minor damage. Stolen aircraft used for illegal drug flight, struck a tree root while landing on a dirt road. Abandoned.

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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