Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mira... crash, Aug 7, 2015 (4 killed)
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) accident on August 7, 2015 near Saranac Lake-Adirondack, New York, United States with 4 fatalities....
- Date: August 7, 2015
- Aircraft: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
- Location: Saranac Lake-Adirondack, New York, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: NTSB (ERA15FA297, as summarized in NTSB data and BAAA): the pilot's loss of airplane control during takeoff resulting from impairment or incapacitation due to an acute cardiac event. The backward propeller reversing lever guide pin was judged likely not to have caused the accident.
A Piper PA 46 500TP Malibu Meridian (N819TB) registered to Majestic Air crashed on 7 August 2015 shortly after takeoff from Saranac Lake Adirondack Regional Airport, New York, on a personal flight home. The aircraft struck wooded terrain about half a mile from the runway end, and the post crash fire consumed most of the wreckage. The NTSB found the pilot had severe coronary artery disease and concluded an acute cardiac event caused the loss of control; a propeller reversing lever pin installed backward was judged unlikely to be causal.