Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mira... crash, Jul 16, 2006 (5 killed)
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) accident on July 16, 2006 near Marina di Campo (Elbe Island), Tuscany, Italy with 5 fatalities....
- Date: July 16, 2006
- Aircraft: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
- Location: Marina di Campo (Elbe Island), Tuscany, Italy
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Loss of control after an aerodynamic stall at low altitude during the initial climb, probably triggered by a technical problem that investigators could not identify; too little height remained for stall recovery.
A single-engine Piper Malibu took off from Marina di Campo on Elba with a pilot and four passengers bound for Vilshofen in Germany. Shortly after liftoff it turned and then descended, stalling at low altitude while the pilot tried to return to the field. It crashed in a vineyard about a kilometre north of the runway, and all five occupants died.