# Accident 20070806014849A: Piper PA46350P, Sitka, AK, August 6, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2007, 12:55 local time
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.0511° N, 135.3406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.0511&lon=-135.3406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35CX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35CX-2017-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07FA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070806014849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOTIFIED BY FSDO THAT ROC CALLED TO REPORT THAT A PIPER MALIBU CRASHED IN DOWNTOWN SITKA. AIRCRAFT WAS ON IFR APPROACH TO SIT, CIRCLE TO LAND ENDED UP NE OF AIRPORT OVER TOWN OF SITKA. CIRCLED TWO TIMES AND THEN CLIPPED TREES AT 57 03 181 N AND 135 20 316 W. CONTINUED ON HEADING OF APPROX 208 TRUE, LOST HALF OF L/H WING, HIT NEXT GROUP OF TREES NE OF ACCIDENT SITE AND LOST COMPLETE REMAINDER OF L/H WING. CONTINUED AT APPROX 45 DEGREE DOWN MISSING TWO HOUSING GOING ROAD AND HITTING A 1 1/2 STORY HOUSE. NO PERSONS ON THE GROUND WERE INJURED. IMPACT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE, HOUSE AND AIRCRAFT BURNED AND DESTROYED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (-23 AMENDMENT) CONCLUSION: NO EVIDENCE WHY AIRCRAFT/PILOT WAS LEFT OF RUNWAY 11 CENTERLINE TO SITKA, (PROHIBITED NORTH OF RUNWAY 11-29 PER FLIGHT INFORMATION PUBLICATIONS), WHY AIRCRAFT/PILOT TURNED LEFT AFTER A POSSIBLE MISSED APPROACH TO SITKA, WHY AIRCRAFT/PILOT CIRCLED OVER TOWN OF SITKA TWO TIMES IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS, AND WHY AIRCRAFT/PILOT CAME OUT OF CLOUDS HITTING TRES AND EVENTUALLY CRASHING INTO HOUSE ALL INCONCLUSIVE.

## 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 ANC07FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07FA073), Aug 6, 2007: Piper PA-46-350P (N35CX), Sitka, AK, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/distance from obstacles during an IFR circling approach, and his failure to follow the instrument approach procedure. Contributing to the accident was clouds.

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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