About 16:55 eastern time, a Piper PA-46-350 struck a building during a go-around at Barnes Municipal Airport, killing the pilot and leaving two passengers with serious injuries. The air traffic controller on duty at the time said the airplane was sequenced behind two other airplanes for a visual approach to the 9,000-foot runway 20. The airplane was on final approach at about 150 to 200 feet agl when the controller instructed the pilot to go around because the previous airplane had not cleared the runway. The Malibu pilot said he wanted to remain in the pattern and was instructed to make left traffic. The airplane then banked steeply left, almost 90 degrees of bank according to several witnesses, and plunged to the ground.
July 28, Westfield, Mass. / Piper Malibu Mirage
About 16:55 eastern time, a Piper PA-46-350 struck a building during a go-around at Barnes Municipal Airport, killing the pilot and leaving two passengers with serious injuries. The air traffic controller on duty at the time said the airplane was sequenced behind two other airplanes for a visual approach to the 9,000-foot runway 20. The airplane was on final approach at about 150 to 200 feet agl when the controller instructed the pilot to go around because the previous airplane had not cleared the runway. The Malibu pilot said he wanted to remain in the pattern and was instructed to make left traffic. The airplane then banked steeply left, almost 90 degrees of bank according to several witne...
Key Takeaways:
- A Piper PA-46-350 crashed during a go-around at Barnes Municipal Airport, killing the pilot and seriously injuring two passengers.
- The go-around was instructed by air traffic control because the previous aircraft had not cleared the runway.
- After acknowledging the instruction and indicating intent to remain in the pattern, the aircraft banked steeply left (almost 90 degrees) before plunging to the ground.
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