Accidents
Conversion Malibu disappears from radar
PIPER PA-46-310P, OSTEEN, FLA., JUNE 14, 2002–The JetProp DLX-conversion Malibu (N9143B) disappeared from radar at 8:39 p.m.

PIPER PA-46-310P, OSTEEN, FLA., JUNE 14, 2002–The JetProp DLX-conversion Malibu (N9143B) disappeared from radar at 8:39 p.m. while on an IFR flight plan and flying in IMC. The right wing of the turboprop single reportedly separated in flight, and the airplane fell to the ground near Osteen, destroying the aircraft and killing the private pilot and two passengers aboard. The aircraft was registered to Calvin Miller of Naples, Fla.

Originally certified with a 300-hp Continental Motors TSIO-520, this Malibu was a JetPROP DLX conversion powered by a 750-shp (flat rated to 560 shp) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34.

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