# Accident 20070913022309A: Piper PA32R301, Whitfield, AL, September 13, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2007, 16:28 local time
- Place: Whitfield, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3969° N, 88.0769° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3969&lon=-88.0769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N109PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N109PA-2013-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 522 total, 191 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070913022309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED JKA DIRECT BHM. APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE, AL PILOT MADE LEFT TURN DIRECT JBR. PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH MERIDIAN RATCF IN WHICH THEY ASKED HIM IF HE WAS WEATHER RADAR EQUIPPED, HE REPLIED AFFIRM. APPROXIMATELY 8 MIN. LATER PILOT REQUESTED LEFT TURN OFF COURSE, ATC RESPONDED DEVIATE AS REQUIRED. AIRCRAFT PENETRATED AN AREA OF LEVEL 5/6 THUNDERSTORMS. RADAR CONTACT LOST 18 MILES EAST OF THE KEWANNE VOR.

## 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 NYC07FA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA226), Sep 13, 2007: Piper PA-32R-301 (N109PA), Whitfield, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into known thunderstorms.

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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