Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mira... crash, Dec 24, 2015
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) accident on December 24, 2015 near Corinth-Roscoe Turner, Mississippi, United States with no...
- Date: December 24, 2015
- Aircraft: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
- Location: Corinth-Roscoe Turner, Mississippi, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: NTSB: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and his subsequent failure to maintain airplane control, which resulted in an access door opening after takeoff and the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall.
A Piper PA46 500TP operated by a North Mississippi pulmonology clinic took off from Corinth carrying a pilot and three passengers. Shortly after liftoff the right access door opened, and the pilot turned back toward the runway, lost altitude and the aircraft stalled into trees and a yard. The NTSB found the preflight inspection was incomplete, and one seriously injured passenger died 227 days later.