Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mira... crash, Feb 6, 2019
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) accident on February 6, 2019 near Aurora-State, Oregon, United States with no fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: February 6, 2019
- Aircraft: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
- Location: Aurora-State, Oregon, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot's inadequate remediation of a simulated power off approach resulting in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control, and the flight instructor's failure to adequately monitor the pilot
A Piper PA 46 350P on a Part 91 instructional flight crashed short of the runway at Aurora State Airport, Oregon, while practicing a power off 180 degree landing. The airplane stalled and descended into the ground and both the private pilot and the flight instructor were seriously injured. The NTSB blamed the pilot's inadequate remediation of the simulated approach and the instructor's failure to adequately monitor.