# Accident 20151224022439A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA46-500TP, Corinth, MS, December 24, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2015, 09:00 local time
- Place: Corinth, MS
- Airport: Roscoe Turner
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9028° N, 88.5981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9028&lon=-88.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N891CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N891CR-2018-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104623, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A (registry code 52268, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151224022439A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT ON DECEMBER 24, 2015 AT APPROXAMENTLY 0835 SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF ON RWY 18 FROM ROSCOE TURNER AIRPORT (KCRX) IN CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI, A RIGHT NOSE COWL ACCESS DOOR OPENED IN FLIGHT.  HE STATED THAT HE REDUCED TORQUE TO TRY TO PREVENT THE RIGHT COWL ACCESS DOOR FROM COMING COMPLETELY OPEN.  HE MADE A LEFT TURN TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT WHEN HE NOTICED THE RIGHT COWL ACCESS DOOR HAD OPENED COMPLETELY AND THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE EVEN WITH FULL POWER APPLIED.  THE AIRCRAFT CLIPPED THE TOP OF THE TREES CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASH LANDED IN THE YARD OF A VACANT HOUSE LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.   THE LEFT WING CAUGHT FIRE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED TO THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IMPACT.  NO PROPERTY ON THE GROUND WAS DAMAGE.  FOUR PEOPLE WERE ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, TWO PASSENGERS? MINOR INJURIES AND ONE PASSENGER SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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 ERA16LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA078), Dec 24, 2015: Piper PA-46 (N891CR), Corinth, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and his subsequent failure to maintain airplane control, which resulted in an access door opening after takeoff, and the airplane exceeding its critical…

## Other reports on N891CR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100120026529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100120026529I), Jan 20, 2010: Piper PA-46 (N891CR), Englewood, CO, Minor damage. On January 20, 2010, a Piper malibu, N891CR, departed Centennial Airport at approximately 5:10AM MST and made a return to the airport. Upon landing, air…

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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