# Accident 20150807015839A: Piper PA46-500TP, Saranac Lake, NY, August 7, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2015, 19:05 local time
- Place: Saranac Lake, NY
- Airport: Adirondack Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4033° N, 74.2036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4033&lon=-74.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N819TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N819TB-2018-03-16) (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 PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,117 total, 240 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15FA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA297) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150807015839A

## Narrative

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

AFTER DEPARTURE, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 ERA15FA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA297), Aug 7, 2015: Piper PA46 (N819TB), Saranac Lake, NY, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control during takeoff, which resulted from his impairment or incapacitation due to an acute cardiac event.

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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