1 fatal · PIPER PA-31-350 · 2012-12-19 · Payson, AZ, USA
Event
NTSB number
WPR13FA072
Event ID
20121219X45033
Type
Accident
Date
2012-12-19
Location
Payson, AZ, USA
Coordinates
34.107776, -111.471107
Injuries
Highest injury
FATL
Fatal
1
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
1
Aircraft
Make
PIPER
Model
PA-31-350
Registration
N62959
FAR Part
135
Engines
2
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
IMC
Probable cause
The airplane’s inadvertent encounter, in night instrument meteorological conditions, with unforecast strong up- and downdrafts and possibly severe airframe icing conditions (which likely included supercooled large droplets that the airplane was not certificated to fly in) that led to the pilot's loss of airplane control.