ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137561
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| Date: | Sunday 24 July 2011 |
| Time: | 09:20 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N46TW |
| MSN: | 4622071 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2560 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | S of Rantoul Airport, Rantoul, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rantoul National Aviation Center Airport, IL (KTIP) |
| Sarasota-Bradenton Airport, FL (SRQ/KSRQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A witness reported that the pilot was in a "hurry because a storm front was coming." Another witness reported that the airplane took off and started to turn to the south. He stated that a weather front was arriving at the airport and that strong wind from the northwest appeared to "push the tail of the plane up and the nose down." The airplane descended, impacted power lines and terrain, and subsequently caught fire. The witness indicated that the airplane's engine was producing power until impact.
On the day before departure, the pilot obtained a computerized weather briefing and filed a flight plan; none of the weather briefing products were current at the time of the accident. On the morning of the accident, the area forecast outlook indicated expected thunderstorms during the morning hours in the vicinity of the accident site. Recorded weather information at the departure airport, about the takeoff time, indicated lightning in the distant north and northwest. Recovered pictures taken during passenger boarding and while taxiing to the runway depicted a defined shelf, rotor, or arc cloud, which marked the boundary of the low-level outflow of a storm that was approaching the airport. Dark conditions under the clouds are consistent with approaching precipitation. An on-scene examination revealed no preimpact anomalies with the engine or airframe.
Probable Cause: The pilot did not maintain airplane control during takeoff with approaching thunderstorms. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to depart into adverse weather conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jul-2011 11:05 | harro | Added |
| 24-Jul-2011 11:07 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 24-Jul-2011 12:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2011 23:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 25-Jul-2011 00:21 | dfix | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Jul-2011 01:47 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:01 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2021 13:10 | wf | Updated [Departure airport, Damage] |
| 17-Dec-2021 13:23 | wf | Updated [[Departure airport, Damage]] |
| 22-Sep-2023 07:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [[[Departure airport, Damage]]] |
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