Piper PA28 N8438B accident near Muncie, Indiana, April 1, 2024
Piper PA28, registration N8438B, operated by CR AVIATION LLC, was involved in an accident near Muncie, Indiana on April 1, 2024. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as fatal, with 1 people on board. Case CEN24LA144 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 47 minutes of the flight after departing the Bloomington/Monroe Cnty area (KBMG), reaching a maximum of 7,075 ft. The last recorded position was at 14:26 UTC, at 1,550 ft and 60 knots, descending at 64 feet per minute, about 1 km from Muncie/Johnson Fld (KMIE).
The nearest weather report, from KMIE (1 km away), showed wind 50° at 10 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, ceiling 700 ft (IFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Piper PA-28-236 registered in United States (Mode S AB8E70).
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 1, 2024
- Location
- Muncie, Indiana
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28
- Registration
- N8438B
- Operator
- CR AVIATION LLC
- Injuries
- Fatal (1 on board)
- NTSB case
- CEN24LA144 (Completed)
- Departure area
- Bloomington/Monroe Cnty (KBMG)
- Nearest airport
- Muncie/Johnson Fld (KMIE)
- Recorded flight
- 47 min, max 7,075 ft
- Last recorded position
- 14:26 UTC, 1,550 ft, 60 kt
3D flight replay
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Sources: NTSB case CEN24LA144; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.