# Accident 20240630009179A: Piper PA-46-310P, Trout Creek, NY, June 30, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2024, 01:55 local time
- Place: Trout Creek, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2388° N, 75.2645° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2388&lon=-75.2645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85PG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85PG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46-310P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA283) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240630009179A

## Narrative

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

ABOUT 5 MILES NM SW OF (N66) ATC CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT TO (CRW) AS FILED AND ISSUED A CLIMB TO 10,000FT MSL THAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED, THE CONTROLLER THEN ISSUED A WEATHER ADVISORY TO THE PILOT OF MODERATE AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION OFF THE PILOT’S RIGHT SIDE “FOR THE NEXT 30 MILES” WHICH THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED. AS THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED THROUGH 6,100 FT MSL, ABOUT 1349, THE PILOT WAS ISSUED A CLIMB TO 12,000 FT MSL, WHICH THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED. ABOUT 1352, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO DEVIATE LEFT OF COURSE, AND THE CONTROLLER STATED “ IT LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE DEVIATING LEFT FOR WEATHER AND WHICH FIX DO YOU WANT TO GO UH DOWNSTREAM TO'” SUBSEQUENTLY, AT 1353:28, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A RIGHT TURN FROM A HEADING OF 180° TO 128°. WHILE IN THE TURN THE AIRPLANE’S ALTITUDE DROPPED FROM 9,900 FT MSL TO 9,100 FT MSL AND THE SPEED INCREASED FROM 120 KTS GROUND SPEED TO A MAXIMUM OF 213 KTS GROUND SPEED. THE AIRPLANE THEN CLIMBED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ALTITUDE AND GROUND SPEED FLUCTUATIONS UNTIL 1354:43, WHEN IT BEGAN A RIGHT DESCENDING SPIRAL FROM 9,025 FT MSL. THE LAST TRACK DATA POINT WAS RECORDED AT 1354:59 WITH THE AIRPLANE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 6,500 FT MSL AND A GROUND SPEED OF 242 KTS.

ON THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE SITE IS SPREAD OVER APROXIMATLY .85 MILE.THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE RIGHT WING WAS LOCATED ABOUT 0.68 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE.THE RIGHT AILERON WAS LOCATED ABOUT 940 FT SOUTHEAST OF THE RIGHT WING AND THE RIGHT FLAP WAS LOCATED ABOUT 0.44 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE RIGHT WING. THE LEFT

WING REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE FUSELAGE AT THE FORWARD ATTACHMENT POINT AND THE FUEL TANKS WERE BREACHED. ALL FRACTURE SURFACES WERE CONSISTENT WITH OVERLOAD FAILURE.

## 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 ERA24FA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA283), Jun 30, 2024: Piper PA46 (N85PG), Trout Creek, NY, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control in flight due to spatial disorientation during a climb to cruise altitude in instrument meteorological conditions and turbulence, which resulted in the in-flight…

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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