Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mira... crash, Jan 1, 1994 (2 killed)
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) accident on January 1, 1994 near Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States with 2...
- Date: January 1, 1994
- Aircraft: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
- Location: Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Airspeed was not maintained while circling, causing an inadvertent stall and loss of control at an altitude too low to recover.
A private Piper Malibu from Naples was circling to land at Destin after an approach to runway 32. It banked steeply, pitched nose down and struck trees and a fence. A small post-crash fire was extinguished. Both occupants died, and the passenger's lap belt attachment failed under overload.