Piper PA-32-300 N4151R

Summary

On 2 January 2025 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N4151R was involved in an accident near Round Mountain, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

2 January 2025 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Round Mountain, Nevada, United States

Coordinates

38.7674, -116.9326

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-300

Registration

N4151R

Category

Airplane

Year built

1968

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Las Vegas → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR25LA080

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On January 2, 2025, about 1230 Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-32-300, N4151R, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Round Mountain, Nevada. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was the subject of an ALNOT (alert notice) that was issued on January 6, 2025 and was subsequently cancelled on January 16, 2025 after the airplane was located by the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The airplane departed from its home airport of North Las Vegas Airport (VGT), Las Vegas, Nevada at an unknown time. Preliminary ADS-Bdata captured the airplane at 1104:10 about 20 nm west of VGT at 10,000 ft mean sea level (msl). The flight track ceased momentarily, at 1115:51, and subsequently resumed at 1126:07 on a northwesterly course. At 1143:15 the track arced to the north where it remained until it ceased completely at 1203:48 still at approximately 10,000 ft msl. The wreckage was located by law enforcement about 60 nm north of the last recorded ADS-B data point at the base of the northeastern face of Mt. Jefferson at an elevation of about 11,000 ft msl. Photographs provided by the recovery team showed that the main wreckage came to rest at the base of a mountain ridge. The empennage, comprised of the vertical stabilizer, rudder, horizontal stabilizer, and stabilator, was separated from the fuselage and collocated with the main wreckage. The wings, fuselage, and engine compartment came to rest a few ft from the main wreckage. The wreckage was recovered to a secure location for further examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.