Accident: Piper PA46 500TP
Dec 10, 2015 · Council Bluffs, IA
NTSB numberCEN16FA062Event id20151211X65337
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines while returning to the airport after becoming distracted by a noncritical flight instrumentation anomaly indication.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Piper PA46 500TP
- Registration
- N145JR
- Year built
- 2003
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern base Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Eppley Airfield (OMA)1 nm (3 km) north-west
- Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (CBF)5 nm (10 km) east
- Offutt Air Force Base (OFF)11 nm (20 km) south
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