Piper PA-31T1 N22CN

Summary

On 30 November 1994 at about 02:50 local time, a Piper PA-31T1 registered N22CN was involved in an accident near Brockway, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 November 1994 at 02:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Brockway, Montana, United States

Coordinates

47.3094, -105.9897

Aircraft

Piper PA-31T1

Registration

N22CN

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lacrosse → Kalispell

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA95FA025

2 people died.

a loss of control for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was level at FL220 at night when vertical fluctuations in altitude up to 500 feet above altitude were noted by the Salt Lake Center controller. Immediately thereafter, the aircraft began a descent and transponder targets were lost. A trajectory study showed the aircraft descending in a tight right turn. Examination of the wreckage revealed that the right elevator separated in negative overload with both wings separating negatively. Wreckage distribution established separation of the empennage and its associated control surfaces before the separation of the wings. A preimpact fire was witnessed and the main fuselage was destroyed by an intense postcrash fire. The initiating event which resulted in the altitude divergence and descending turn could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.