ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264005
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 2021 |
| Time: | 23:55 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3258W |
| MSN: | 32-81 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-E4B5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Madisonville Municipal Airport (51R), Madisonville, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Port Isabel Cameron County Airport, TX (KPIL) |
| Madisonville Municipal Airport, TX (51R) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On June 13, 2021, at 2355 central daylight time, a Piper PA-32-260 airplane, N3258W, was involved in an accident near Madisonville, Texas. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot was fatally injured, and five passengers received serious injuries. The airplane was operated by the pilot under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight.
The pilot departed on a night cross-country flight. While on approach to the destination airport, the airplane impacted trees and terrain and came to rest about 550 ft from the runway threshold. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies that would have preclude normal airplane operation. The switches for the airplane’s landing light and rotating beacon were both found in the OFF position.
Autopsy revealed that the pilot had 85% stenosis of one of his coronary arteries, which placed him at an increased risk for a sudden cardiac event; however, there was no evidence to suggest that occurred and based on the circumstances of this accident, it is unlikely that the pilot’s cardiovascular condition was a factor in the accident.
Toxicological testing identified the antidepressant sertraline and its metabolite desmethysertraline in the pilot’s heart blood and urine. While the levels detected were above therapeutic levels, this medication can undergo postmortem redistribution. Sertraline is one of the four medications the Federal Aviation Administration will consider for treatment of depression. Special issuance is usually issued after 6 months of treatment when the applicant is clinically stable. It is unknown how long the pilot was taking sertraline and whether he was taking it for depression or some other condition. However, after a few weeks of use, sertraline does not impact psychomotor performance. Given the circumstances of this accident, it is unlikely that effects from the pilot’s use of sertraline were factors in the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glidepath during final approach for landing, which resulted in impact with trees and terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.kbtx.com/2021/06/14/1-dead-5-others-critically-injured-madisonville-plane-crash/
https://abc13.com/1-killed-5-others-injured-in-plane-crash-at-madisonville-airport-/10787755/
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N3258W
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N3258W
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a38468&lat=29.809&lon=-97.103&zoom=7.0&showTrace=2021-06-14&leg=2
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/94159_1596818257.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 August 2003 | N3258W | Private | 0 | Litchfield, Illinois | |
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Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Media:
NTSB investigating the June 13, 2021, crash of a Piper PA32-260 near Madisonville, Texas. Investigator expected to arrive on scene Monday afternoon.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) June 14, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2021 08:34 | gerard57 | Added |
| 14-Jun-2021 09:02 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2021 11:58 | gerard57 | Updated [Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2021 12:44 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 14-Jun-2021 12:58 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2021 17:59 | Anon. | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2021 06:46 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2021 15:51 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2021 07:09 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2021 15:36 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2021 08:08 | aaronwk | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 17-Apr-2022 12:19 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2022 10:50 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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