Piper PA-31 Cheyenne crash, Jun 3, 2001 (5 killed), Jacks...
Piper PA-31 Cheyenne accident on June 3, 2001 near Jackson-McKellar Sipes, Tennessee, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: The pilot shut down the...
- Date: June 3, 2001
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne
- Location: Jackson-McKellar Sipes, Tennessee, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot shut down the left engine after loss of left propeller control, causing an in-flight loss of control. A fatigue-cracked propeller control bracket, the pilot's inexperience on the turboprop type, and the lack of a loss-of-propeller procedure contributed.
A Cheyenne II-XL corporate flight from Malden to Atlanta lost control of its left propeller, and the pilot shut the left engine down. The propeller then ran away and the airplane lost control and crashed near McKellar-Sipes Airport at Jackson, Tennessee. All five people aboard were killed.