ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295717
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| Date: | Friday 13 June 2003 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-46-500TP |
| Owner/operator: | Aaron Singer |
| Registration: | N211EZ |
| MSN: | 4697117 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 289 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Santa Fe, New Mexico -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Novato Airport, CA (NOT/KDVO) |
| Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport, CO (GUC/KGUC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said he was at FL290 and was circumnavigating isolated thunderstorms. Flight Watch informed him of a SIGMET for thunderstorms forming between Colorado and New Mexico. At the suggestion of Flight Watch, the pilot turned toward an alternate airport, but he had to continually change heading due to rapidly developing cells. He did not have enough fuel to fly to this alternate, so he elected to divert to another alternate airport. All anti-ice equipment was turned on. During the descent through the clouds, mixed icing started to rapidly accumulate on the aircraft. As the pilot initiated a 180-degree turn to leave the icing conditions, the plane encountered severe downdrafts. The pilot declared an emergency and landed at his alternate airport in visual meteorological conditions without further incident. Postaccident examination revealed the inboard panels of both bonded wings were wrinkled, necessitating the replacement of the entire wing assembly.
Probable Cause: the inadvertent encounter with turbulence associated with thunderstorms. A contributing factor was the icing conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN03LA152
History of this aircraft
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| Loss of control | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 12:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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