THE DTSB
Pending. Likely night instruction flight and encountered a storm cell. No information yet as to whether the plane broke apart in flight or not.
Key facts
- DateSeptember 5, 2026
- Local time9:50 PM
- LightNight
- WeatherVMC
- Phase of flightEnroute
- People on board2
- Fatalities2
Accident Location
- City, State
- Ludlow, Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.221222
- Longitude
- -72.400967
Aircraft Info
- N Number
- N7653F
- Make
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-181
- Category / Class
- Aircraft Single Engine Land
- Amateur Built
- No
Pilot Info
- Pilot in command
- Moore, Kenneth Robert
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Certification
- Private Pilot
- IFR rating
- Yes
- Medical
- 3rd Class Medical
- Flight school
- Yes
- Instructional flight
- No
Analysis
- Weather
- VMC
- Time of day
- Night
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Pilot error
- Yes
- Pilot incapacitation
- No
- People on board
- 2
- PIC fatality
- 1
- Passenger fatalities
- 1
- Total fatalities
- 2
- NTSB travel
- Unknown
- AQP category
- 2) SD-N →
Probable Cause
NTSB
None yet (final report not yet published).
Recommendation
THE DTSB
Pending.
NTSB
None issued. NTSB recommendations are rare and usually tied to high-profile accidents.
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