Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mira... crash, Apr 7, 1991
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) accident on April 7, 1991 near Hollywood-Burbank (Bob Hope), California, United States with no...
- Date: April 7, 1991
- Aircraft: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
- Location: Hollywood-Burbank (Bob Hope), California, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion caused by poor preflight planning and inadequate fuel calculations, compounded by the pilot's failure to follow ATC instructions that would have guided him to an airport.
A Piper PA-46-310P Malibu operated by Igor Paskhover ran out of fuel on a flight from Las Vegas toward Santa Monica on 7 April 1991. The pilot did not turn onto the radar heading that ATC gave him, flew past the ends of two runways, and made a forced landing into a telephone pole. The aircraft crashed about 2.5 miles west of the airport, and both occupants were seriously injured.