N40TS (Piper Aircraft INC PA46R-350T) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on September 14, 1996.

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

February 13, 2021Accident
The non-instrument-rated pilot departed on a cross-country flight. Radar track data revealed the airplane traveled on a relatively straight course to the northeast for about 32 minutes. Near the end of the flight track data, the track showed an increasingly tight left spiraling turn near the accident site.
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) · 1 fatalities
The pilot’s encounter with mountain wave activity with severe turbulence, which resulted in a loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing. Full accident record

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2010 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N40TS.

July 9, 1992Accident
FUEL STARVATION DUE TO IMPROPER FUEL TANK SELECTION.
Townsend-snyder RULTAN VARIEZE