- Date
- September 15, 2009, 19:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Castro Verde, Portugal
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Aircraft
- OO-TMLPiper PA34
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- GPIAA
- Case key
- 74752
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Factual narrative
On September 15, 2009, at 2055 Western European Summer Time, a Piper PA-34-220T, OO-TML, registered to Ben-Air Flight Academy was destroyed upon impact with terrain during a night navigation training flight. The airplane had disappeared from radar and no communication contact could be established. The flight instructor and two students were fatally injured. The wreckage was discovered at 2145 spread over a large area. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Portugal. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Portugal. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Praça Duque de Saldanha, 31 - 4º 1050-094 LISBOA Web: http://www.gpiaa.gov.pt
Aircraft
- Registration
- OO-TML
- Reported as
- Piper PA34 (220T)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3449089
- Engine
- Continental TSIO360, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Ben-Air Flight Academy N.V.
- Registered owner
- Ben-Air Flight Academy N.V.
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 29, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 47 KB in all.