Piper PA34 OO-TML

Summary

On 15 September 2009 at about 19:55 local time, a Piper PA34 registered OO-TML, operated by Ben-Air Flight Academy N.v., was involved in an accident near Castro Verde, Portugal. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 September 2009 at 19:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Castro Verde, Portugal

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA34

Registration

OO-TML

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Ben-Air Flight Academy N.v.

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

CEN09RA590

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On September 15, 2009, at 2055 Western European Summer Time, a Piper PA-34-220T, OO-TML, registered to Ben-Air Flight Academy was destroyed upon impact with terrain during a night navigation training flight. The airplane had disappeared from radar and no communication contact could be established. The flight instructor and two students were fatally injured. The wreckage was discovered at 2145 spread over a large area. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Portugal. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Portugal. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Praça Duque de Saldanha, 31 - 4º 1050-094 LISBOA Web: http://www.gpiaa.gov.pt

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.