# Accident 20120706018669A: Piel CP-305 EMERAUDE, Boone, NC, July 6, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2012, 18:30 local time
- Place: Boone, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2138° N, 81.6652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boone, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2138&lon=-81.6652&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFBZZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIEL CP-305 EMERAUDE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120706018669A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM KMRH TO THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS AND BACK.  THE AIRCRAFT REFUELED AT ASHE CO.(KGEV) THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO JOHNSON CO.(6A4), THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOPPED OFF WITH FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT PROPOSED ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS TO OVER-FLY ELK RIVER TO AVERY CO.(7A8), THEN TO ASHEVILLE(KVAL). WHILE CLIMBINGOVER RISING TERRAIN TOWARDS ELK RIVER THE AIRCRAFT STATRED LOSING POWER. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TOWARDS LOWER GROUND, FINALLY CRASHING INTO SOME TREES OUTSIDE BOONE NC.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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