ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43679
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| Date: | Thursday 13 September 2007 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32R-301 |
| Owner/operator: | Ditta Aviation Llc |
| Registration: | N109PA |
| MSN: | 3246053 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2024 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-540 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Whitfield, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Gulf Shores, AL (JKA) |
| Jonesboro, AR (JBR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane’s owner and his wife deplaned at their vacation destination, before the pilot departed on the return trip to the airplane’s home base. After a lengthy discussion about the approaching storm from the west, the pilot concurred with the owner on a route of flight that would take the airplane east, then north to avoid the storm, before eventually heading west towards its ultimate destination. Instead, the radar data depicted a northerly track for the airplane after departure, before it turned on a northwesterly track directly towards its destination. An air traffic controller advised the pilot of "significant" weather along his route of flight, the pilot acknowledged the radio call, and confirmed that he was "weather radar equipped." A Significant Meteorology Information (SIGMET) was issued for severe embedded thunderstorms in the area that included the route of flight at the time of the accident. Examination of weather radar data revealed "intense" and "extreme" weather in the area of the accident site at the time of the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into known thunderstorms.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20070927X01467&key=1
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 04-Dec-2017 18:54 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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