# Accident 20140613023559A: Piper PA46-500TP, Purchase, NY, June 13, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2014, 08:08 local time
- Place: Purchase, NY
- Airport: Westchester County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5100° N, 73.7047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5100&lon=-73.7047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5335R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5335R-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104622, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14FA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA288) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140613023559A

## Narrative

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

AT 0808 EDT, AIRCRAFT PA-46 500 TURBINE POWERED SINGLE ENGINE PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 16 AT KHPN IN VERY LOW VISIBILITY REPORTED 1/4 MILE. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, 911 CALL REPORTED AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY. CONTROL TOWER WAS UNABLE TO SEE AIRCRAFT DEPART DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY. NY TRACON CALLED THE TOWER TO INQUIRE ABOUT POSITION. THE TOWER REPORTED TO TRACON THE NATURE OF THE 911 CALL.

FAA ARRIVED AT SITE OF ACCIDENT APPROXIMATELY 1030 EDT. AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND WITH WINGS SEVERED AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SPREAD OVER A PRIVATE HORSE FARM. NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE OCCURRED. THE ENGINE WAS DETERMINED TO BE DEVELOPING FULL POWER AT IMPACT. STANDBY AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS RECOVERED AND INDICATING 182 KIAS. ALL APPEARANCES WERE OF PILOT DISORIENTATION SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF WITH LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTENDED YEARLY PIPER MERIDIEN TRAINING WITH SPECIALIST INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. TRAINING DATE IS APPROXIMATE.

## 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 ERA14FA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA288), Jun 13, 2014: Piper PA-46-500TP (N5335R), White Plains, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a positive climb rate after takeoff due to spatial disorientation (somatogravic illusion). Contributing to the accident was the pilot's self-induced pressure to depart…

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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