Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mira... crash, Nov 14, 2015 (4 killed)
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) accident on November 14, 2015 near Buttles Farm, Somerset, United Kingdom with 4 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: November 14, 2015
- Aircraft: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
- Location: Buttles Farm, Somerset, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: AAIB: The reason for the initial rapid climb could not be determined with certainty; the pilot may have manually overridden the autopilot, causing an out of trim condition that combined with entry into cloud could have contributed to an unintentional disorientating pitch up.
A Piper PA46 Malibu Mirage flying from Fairoaks to Dunkeswell with four people on board entered cloud after a rapid pitch up while on approach. It stalled, turned left, descended toward the cloud base and then came out of cloud nose down in an apparent spin before hitting the ground at Buttles Farm, Somerset. All four occupants were killed, and the AAIB could not establish why the initial climb happened.