Piper PA-46-350P N657MC

Summary

On 1 January 2015 at about 21:30 local time, a Piper PA-46-350P registered N657MC, operated by Chicola Monty V, was involved in an accident near Apalachicola, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 January 2015 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Apalachicola, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Apalachicola Regional (AAF)

Coordinates

29.7275, -85.0258

Aircraft

Piper PA-46-350P

Registration

N657MC

Category

Airplane

Year built

1988

Engines

1

Operator

Chicola Monty V

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pensacola → Apalachicola

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA15CA093

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate visual lookout while taxiing, which resulted in the airplane striking a pole.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After landing, the pilot taxied to the fixed base operator to park. As he approached the parking ramp, a lineman stood in front of a tie-down spot and raised both hands in the air signaling to the pilot where to park. The spot was next to a parked jet. The pilot said that while taxing to the parking spot he was concentrating on staying clear of the jet and did not see a light pole located at the edge of the ramp. The right wing struck the pole resulting in structural damage to the wing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.