Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mira... crash, Jun 7, 2019 (4 killed)
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) accident on June 7, 2019 near Castalia, North Carolina, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: June 7, 2019
- Aircraft: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
- Location: Castalia, North Carolina, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Pilot's failure to navigate around hazardous weather, leading to thunderstorm penetration, loss of control and in flight breakup, with inadequate controller weather information contributing
A turboprop converted Piper PA 46 flying from Naples to Easton at 27,000 ft entered an area of heavy to extreme precipitation in a thunderstorm and broke up in flight near Castalia. All four occupants were killed. The NTSB found the pilot failed to navigate around hazardous weather, and that the controller did not give adequate weather information.