Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mira... crash, Mar 23, 1986 (2 killed)
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) accident on March 23, 1986 near Boyne Falls-Boyne Mountain, Michigan, United States with 2...
- Date: March 23, 1986
- Aircraft: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
- Location: Boyne Falls-Boyne Mountain, Michigan, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: In-flight encounter with weather during the approach, with inadequate preflight planning by the pilot in command and an inadequate flight service briefing (NTSB CHI86FA108).
A Piper PA-46-310P Malibu on a Part 91 personal flight from Detroit crashed on hilly terrain about 3 miles southeast of the airport during an RNAV approach to Boyne City, Michigan, on 23 March 1986. Both people aboard were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.