PA46 Accident Review
Note: The number of PA46 fatalities has remained roughly the same since 1984 (4 - 5 per year) in spite of efforts to evolve a standardized training program modeled on the likes of Cirrus and Bonanza. The overwhelming majority of these accidents are weather related loss of control. Please join me in continuing to ask the PA46 community to support standardized training. It will save lives. Here are the NTSB reports for the accidents which have occurred or have been unreported since the discontinuation of my MMOPA Magazine Accident Review Article:
20200303 Bishop GA - Loss of Control - 3 Fatal
20190607 Castalia NC - Loss of Control - 4 Fatal
20190208 Shreveport LA - Loss of Control - 2 Fatal
20181220 Mayport FL - Loss of Control - 2 Fatal
20151210 Council Bluffs IA - Loss of Control - 1 Fatal
20150225 Spokane WA - Fuel Contamination - 1 Fatal
author's note: The following is a summary analysis of PA46 accidents as published in the MMOPA Magazine from the fall of 2011 until the Winter of 2017
In 2017 the then new MMOPA Magazine Editor discontinued the Accident Review Article.
PA46 Accident Review
by
Dick Rochfort. ATP, CFII
Master Instructor
reprinted from MMOPA Magazine
Winter 2017 - Saranac Lake, NY - Pilot Incapacitation - 4 Fatal
Summer 2016 - Osh Kosh, WI - Loss of Control - 3 Serious - 2 Minor
Spring 2016 - Spokane WA - Loss of Control - 2 Fatal
Winter 2016 - Spokane WA - Fuel Contamination - 1 Fatal
Fall 2015 - Lubbock, TX - Air frame Ice - 1 Fatal
Summer 2015 - Dubuque, IA - Controlled Flight Into Terrain - Fatal
Spring 2015 - Erie, CO - Stall/Spin - 5 Fatal
Winter 2015 - Clayton, GA - Controlled Flight Into Terrain - 1 Fatal
Fall 2014 - Lehman Texas - Thunderstorm Encounter - 3 Fatal
Summer 2014 - White Plains, NY - Controlled Flight Into Terrain - 1 Fatal
Spring 2014 - Truckee, CA - Controlled Flight into Terrain - 1 Fatal
Winter 2014 - Dawsonville, GA - Controlled Flight into Terrain - 1 Fatal
Fall 2013 - Cat Cay, Bahamas - Engine stoppage During Takeoff - No injuries
Summer 2013 - Bryce, UT - Takeoff Loss of Control - No Injuries
Spring 2013 - Paris, TX - Departure Loss of Control - Stall/Spin - 3 Fatal
Winter 2013 - Greensburg, IN - IFR Approach to Landing - CFIT - 4 Fatal
Fall 2012 - Cameron Park, CA - Loss of Control on Takeoff - No Injuries
Summer 2012 - Palm Beach, FL - Loss of Control on Takeoff - Stall/Spin - 1 Serious Injury
Spring 2012 - Rantoul, MI - Controlled Flight Into Terrain/Obstacle (CFIT) on T/O - 3 Fatal
Winter 2012 - Milaca, MN - Loss of Control/CFIT - 1 Fatal
Fall 2011 - Monroe, MI - Low Level Maneuvering - Stall/Spin - 3 Fatal
Fall 2015 - Lubbock, TX - Air frame Ice - 1 Fatal
Summer 2015 - Dubuque, IA - Controlled Flight Into Terrain - Fatal
Spring 2015 - Erie, CO - Stall/Spin - 5 Fatal
Winter 2015 - Clayton, GA - Controlled Flight Into Terrain - 1 Fatal
Fall 2014 - Lehman Texas - Thunderstorm Encounter - 3 Fatal
Summer 2014 - White Plains, NY - Controlled Flight Into Terrain - 1 Fatal
Spring 2014 - Truckee, CA - Controlled Flight into Terrain - 1 Fatal
Winter 2014 - Dawsonville, GA - Controlled Flight into Terrain - 1 Fatal
Fall 2013 - Cat Cay, Bahamas - Engine stoppage During Takeoff - No injuries
Summer 2013 - Bryce, UT - Takeoff Loss of Control - No Injuries
Spring 2013 - Paris, TX - Departure Loss of Control - Stall/Spin - 3 Fatal
Winter 2013 - Greensburg, IN - IFR Approach to Landing - CFIT - 4 Fatal
Fall 2012 - Cameron Park, CA - Loss of Control on Takeoff - No Injuries
Summer 2012 - Palm Beach, FL - Loss of Control on Takeoff - Stall/Spin - 1 Serious Injury
Spring 2012 - Rantoul, MI - Controlled Flight Into Terrain/Obstacle (CFIT) on T/O - 3 Fatal
Winter 2012 - Milaca, MN - Loss of Control/CFIT - 1 Fatal
Fall 2011 - Monroe, MI - Low Level Maneuvering - Stall/Spin - 3 Fatal
For additional information contact:
Dick Rochfort, ATP, CFII
Master Instructor
Fly Safely - Train Often
Dick Rochfort, ATP, CFII
Master Instructor
Fly Safely - Train Often