Accidents
Final Report: Meridian stalls and hits trees
Piper PA-46-500TP, Vero Beach, Fla., April 9, 2001–The NTSB determined the probable cause of this accident to be the pilot’s excessive ban

Piper PA-46-500TP, Vero Beach, Fla., April 9, 2001–The NTSB determined the probable cause of this accident to be the pilot’s excessive bank angle and failure to maintain airspeed while returning to the airport after takeoff, resulting in the airplane stalling and colliding with trees.

At 12:08 p.m. EDT Piper Meridian N262MM, registered to LK Aero, collided with trees shortly after takeoff from Vero Beach Municipal Airport and was destroyed. Both the commercial-rated pilot and his private pilot-rated passenger were killed. The aircraft, which had been operating under Part 91 on a personal flight to Daytona Beach, Fla., was in VMC and no flight plan was filed.

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