ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386566
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Date: | Thursday 11 April 2024 |
Time: | 20:21 |
Type: | Piper PA-28-161 Warrior III |
Owner/operator: | Purdue Aviation LLC |
Registration: | N564PU |
MSN: | 2842169 |
Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Lafayette, IN -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Lafayette-Purdue University Airport, IN (LAF/KLAF) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:On April 12, 2024, about 2021 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-161 airplane, N564PU, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Lafeyette, Indiana. The pilot sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
According to Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data, the airplane departed the Purdue University Airport (LAF), Lafayette, Indiana, about 1940, for a local night flight. The airplane departed runway 28, conducted four traffic pattern landings, and then continued northwest and climbed to about 4,000 ft mean seal level. About 10 miles from LAF, the data showed the airplane make numerous turns before ADS-B data was lost about 2021. The airplane was located the next day by local law enforcement about 1400.
The wreckage was retained for further examination.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | |
Status: | Preliminary report |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Preliminary report |
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Sources:
https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/1-dead-in-small-plane-crash-near-lafayette-police-say/ https://eu.jconline.com/story/news/local/2024/04/12/tippecanoe-county-sheriff-investigating-fatal-plane-crash/73306166007/ https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_98734f2e-f905-11ee-827b-67c7d8463857.html NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=564PU https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N564PU https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/96320_1647310928.jpg (photo)
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Apr-2024 21:29 |
Captain Adam |
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13-Apr-2024 04:16 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
13-Apr-2024 05:25 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Narrative] |
13-Apr-2024 05:25 |
RobertMB |
Updated [[Narrative]] |
13-Apr-2024 05:25 |
RobertMB |
Updated [[[Narrative]]] |
14-Apr-2024 11:47 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator] |
03-May-2024 19:23 |
Captain Adam |
Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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