# Accident 20240617011969A: Piper PA-31-310, Loudonville, NY, June 17, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2024, 08:15 local time
- Place: Loudonville, NY
- Airport: Albany International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-GKSI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-310
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 1,547 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240617011969A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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