# Accident 20090111002779A: Piper PA46500TP, Milton, FL, January 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2009, 22:16 local time
- Place: Milton, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6419° N, 87.0086° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6419&lon=-87.0086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N428DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N428DC-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104622, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42 (registry code 52062, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46500TP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090111002779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N428DC, PA-46-500TP DEPARTED FROM (AID) ANDERSON INDIANA, ENROUTE TO (DTS) DESTIN, FL.  AIRPLANE CRASHED IN A WOODED SWAMPY AREA NEAR BLACK WATER RIVER 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF PETER PRINCE AIRPORT (2R4).  DURING FLIGHT PILOT CALLED IN A IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY DUE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE AND CRACK IN THE WINDSCREEN.  TOWER RESPONDED BY APPROVING PILOT TO DESCEND TO LOWER ALTITUDE, PILOT CALLED TOWER BACK AND STATED THAT WINDSCREEN HAD FALLEN OUT, PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS INJURED AND BLEEDING EXCESSIVELY.  TOWER RESPONDED TO PILOT AND DID NOT GET A RESPONSE BACK.  PILOT ALLEGEDLY ARMED AUTO-PILOT AND PARACHUTED OUT OF AIRPLANE OVER ALABAMA.  TWO F-15'S FROM THE LA. AIR NATIONAL GUARD ESCORTED AIRCRAFT INTO FL AND WITNESSED AIRPLANE CRASHING IN MILTON FL.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  NO CREW OR PASSENGERS WERE FOUND ONBOARD.  THERE WAS NO SIGN OF BLOOD IN OR AROUND AIRCRAFT AND INSPECTION OF WINDSCREEN REVEALED NO DAMAGE AND NO CRACKS.  AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND INVERTED IN SWAMPY AREA WITH A 60 TO 75 YARD DEBRIS FIELD.

## 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 ERA09FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA133), Jan 12, 2009: Piper PA-46-500TP (N428DC), Milton, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional inflight abandonment of the airplane.

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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