Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mira... crash, Nov 2, 2010 (2 killed)
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) accident on November 2, 2010 near Gubin, Lubusz Voivodeship (Lubuskie), Poland with 2 fatalities....
- Date: November 2, 2010
- Aircraft: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
- Location: Gubin, Lubusz Voivodeship (Lubuskie), Poland
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of control during the approach turn after the transition from visual to instrument conditions, with loss of visual reference, a switch from automatic to manual control in a banked attitude and an excessively high approach speed.
A Piper PA-46 Malibu on an IFR flight from Karlsruhe to Cottbus-Drewitz was turning onto the final approach when it lost control. The aircraft had passed from visual to instrument conditions in the turn, and it crashed into a field south of Gubin in Poland and caught fire. Both occupants were killed.