# Accident 20190228000739A: Piper PA 46-350P, Shreveport, LA, February 28, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2019, 10:37 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Shreveport Downtown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5486° N, 93.7614° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5486&lon=-93.7614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N428CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N428CD-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540 series (registry code 41569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,380 total, 310 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190228000739A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1037 FROM DTN. WAS GIVEN LEFT HEADING DURING CLIMBOUT. AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT , CONTINUED TO CLIMB AND COMPLETED ONE 360 DEGREE TURN BEFORE ALTITUDE BECAME ERRATIC AND COMPLETED A SECOND 360 DEGREE TURN BEFORE TURNING RIGHT AND DISAPPEARING FROM RADAR AT APPROXIMATELY 1039.

## 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 CEN19FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA088), Feb 28, 2019: Piper PA46 (N428CD), Shreveport, LA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's conduct of a departure into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), which resulted in spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was…

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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