Fuel exhaustion Serious incident Piper PA-46R-350T Malibu Matrix ES-FLG, Thursday 11 November 2021
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Date:Thursday 11 November 2021
Time:16:06
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-46R-350T Malibu Matrix
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: ES-FLG
MSN: 4692140
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Serious incident
Location:Tallinn Lennart Meri Airport -   Estonia
Phase: Approach
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Hyvinkaa Airport (HYV/EFHV)
Destination airport:Tallinn-Lennart Meri Airport (TLL/EETN)
Investigating agency: ESIB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
On November 11, 2021, at 3:30 p.m. local time, the pilot and 3 passengers took off from Hyvinkää Airport EFHV with the aircraft PA46 to fly to Tallinn Airport EETN. At 3:53 p.m., after 23 minutes of flight, the pilot noticed a fluctuation in the pressure in the aircraft's engine intake manifold. While approaching Tallinn Airport, 1.8 km from the runway threshold, at an altitude of 500 feet, the aircraft's engine operation became erratic and the pilot decided to feathered the propeller before the engine completely stopped. The pilot then glided the aircraft in the direction of runway 26 and landed at 4:06 p.m. on an asphalted area next to the end of the runway, and moved to the grass strip at the end of the runway during the stop. The pilot, passengers and the aircraft did not suffer any significant injuries during the incident.

Causes
OJK estimates the accident was caused by pilot error - fuel failure relying solely on the on-board computer for fuel planning, deviating from aircraft operating procedures, and failing to follow good good judgement and piloting skills.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: ESIB
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.ojk.ee/tosine-intsident-lennukiga-pa46r-350t
https://www.ojk.ee/sites/default/files/documents/2022-04/tosine_intsident_es-flg_tallinna_lennuvaljal_11.11.21_0.pdf

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Jan-2025 14:00 gfdshfgs Added
10-Jan-2025 14:04 ASN Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Accident report, ]
11-Jan-2025 07:36 Anon. Updated [Narrative, ]

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