Accident · 1999-04-04

NTSB case FTW99FA104 · Piper PA-46-350P · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1999-04-04
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Piper PA-46-350P (N497CA)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: ROBERT R. MEREDITH Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ROBERT R. MEREDITH

Probable cause

The pilot's encounter with adverse weather and loss of aircraft control, which resulted in exceeding the aircraft's design stress limits. Factors were the pilot's lack of total experience in the make and model of airplane, and the icing and thunderstorm weather conditions.

Source: NTSB case FTW99FA104

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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