20240617011969A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31-310 · Loudonville, NY · June 17, 2024

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Date: June 17, 2024 · 08:15 local
Place: Loudonville, NY
Airport: Albany International
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: C-GKSI
Reported as: Piper PA-31-310
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,547 total

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What happened

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The departed kalb at 0815 EST enroute to cyul. Shortly upon rotation the aircraft abruptly pitched and simultaneously conducting one- or two-barrel rolls. Then pitched down and descending and leveling out. The aircraft made a left 180 degree turn from the leveling out point and impacted a wooded area. As a result, the aircraft was destroyed in a post crash fire and pilot did not survive.

As the FAA filed it

THE DEPARTED KALB AT 0815 EST ENROUTE TO CYUL. SHORTLY UPON ROTATION THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY PITCHED AND SIMULTANEOUSLY CONDUCTING ONE- OR TWO-BARREL ROLLS. THEN PITCHED DOWN AND DESCENDING AND LEVELING OUT. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A LEFT 180 DEGREE TURN FROM THE LEVELING OUT POINT AND IMPACTED A WOODED AREA. AS A RESULT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN A POST CRASH FIRE AND PILOT DID NOT SURVIVE.