Piper Aircraft PA 46-350P N451MA accident near Hartsburg, Missouri, April 16, 2024
Piper Aircraft PA 46-350P, registration N451MA, operated by UPWARD AVIATION LLC, was involved in an accident near Hartsburg, Missouri on April 16, 2024. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as fatal, with 1 people on board. Case CEN24FA160 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 132 minutes of the flight after departing the Madison/Dane Cnty Rgnl area (KMSN), reaching a maximum of 16,225 ft. The last recorded position was at 17:03 UTC, at 16,225 ft and 139 knots, descending at 128 feet per minute, about 16 km from Columbia Rgnl (KCOU).
The nearest weather report, from KCOU (16 km away), showed wind 170° at 16 knots gusting 27, visibility 6 miles or more, ceiling 3,700 ft (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Piper PA 46-350P registered in United States (Mode S A576E7).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- April 16, 2024
- Location
- Hartsburg, Missouri
- Aircraft
- Piper Aircraft PA 46-350P
- Registration
- N451MA
- Operator
- UPWARD AVIATION LLC
- Injuries
- Fatal (1 on board)
- NTSB case
- CEN24FA160 (Completed)
- Departure area
- Madison/Dane Cnty Rgnl (KMSN)
- Nearest airport
- Columbia Rgnl (KCOU)
- Recorded flight
- 132 min, max 16,225 ft
- Last recorded position
- 17:03 UTC, 16,225 ft, 139 kt
3D flight replay
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Sources: NTSB case CEN24FA160; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.