Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mira... crash, Dec 20, 2018 (2 killed)
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) accident on December 20, 2018 near Mayport, Florida, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: NTSB:...
- Date: December 20, 2018
- Aircraft: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
- Location: Mayport, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: NTSB: Loss of control in supercooled large droplet icing, with the pilot not maintaining proper airspeed in icing.
A privately operated Piper PA46 on an IFR flight from Kissimmee to Princeton entered icing conditions near the top of a weather band over Florida on 20 December 2018. After the pilot lost control in a descending turn, the aircraft broke up in flight and fell into the Atlantic near Mayport, killing both occupants. The wreckage was recovered in February 2019.