Date:	Monday 17 June 2024
Time:	08:16
Type:	Piper PA-31 Navajo C
Owner/operator:	KASI Aviation
Registration:	C-GKSI
MSN:	31-7912008
Year of manufacture:	1978
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Albany International Airport (ALB/KALB), Loudonville, NY -   United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Albany Airport, NY (ALB/KALB)
Destination airport:	Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, QC (YUL/CYUL)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A Canadian-registered Piper PA-31 Navajo C, C-GKSI, was destroyed when it impacted residential terrain shortly after takeoff from Albany International Airport (ALB/KALB), Loudonville, New York.
The sole pilot onboard was fatally injured.

Preliminary information indicates that the airplane departed from runway 19 at KALB. ADS-B data shows that the airplane climbed to an altitude of about 800 feet before it began a descending left turn back to the airport. The airplane entered a brief climb towards the conclusion of the turn before it began a second descent. Videographic evidence suggests the aircraft was in a right bank before it impacted the ground in a right wing first, nose down altitude. A post crash fire ensued.

KALB 171251Z 17009KT 10SM FEW070 FEW250 20/14 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP215 T02000144
KALB 171151Z 17010KT 10SM FEW060 SCT250 19/14 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP216 T01890139 10189 20172 53006

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/colonie-police-small-plane-crashes-near-albany-19517998.php
https://www.dailygazette.com/news/albany-plane-crash/article_cb7cf1e0-2ca9-11ef-b35d-3bdea951e00e.html
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hudson-valley/news/2024/06/17/colonie-major-incident-road-closures
https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/small-plane-crashes-along-new-york-road-colonie-police-department-investigation-major-incident-scene-aircraft-flying-traveling-flight

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=c060ed&lat=42.731&lon=-73.795&zoom=15.0&showTrace=2024-06-17&trackLabels
https://kasiaviation.com/air/our-fleet/

https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/422487_1677364959.jpg (photo)

Ex N27791

Colonie Plane crash pic.twitter.com/jnZEtwmOSl

— Glen Stacey (@glenstweets) June 17, 2024

BREAKING — Emergency crews rushed to the scene on Maxwell Road off Albany Shaker Road in Colonie. A witness said they saw some type of small aircraft go down. He said he saw the plane with one wing up and one wing down.
Maxwell between Albany Shaker and Old Niskayuna is closed. pic.twitter.com/HOUYzzkmAB

— Kumi (@KumiTuckerWNYT) June 17, 2024

Piper Navajo (C-GKSI) departed RWY19 at KALB - Albany, NY just after 8am EST today. 😔

Audio via @liveatc and Scanner Radio app pic.twitter.com/a8ExgTXWQm

— Thenewarea51 (@thenewarea51) June 17, 2024

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Jun-2024 13:40	gerard57	Added
17-Jun-2024 13:41	gerard57	Updated [Narrative]
17-Jun-2024 14:35	lagi	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
17-Jun-2024 14:57	gerard57	Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
17-Jun-2024 15:32	Aerossurance	Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, Embed code]
17-Jun-2024 15:34	Aerossurance	Updated [Cn, Embed code]
17-Jun-2024 15:34	Aerossurance	Updated [Nature, Embed code]
17-Jun-2024 15:35	Aerossurance	Updated [[Nature, Embed code]]
17-Jun-2024 16:10	Aerossurance	Updated [Registration, Operator, Source]
17-Jun-2024 16:13	ASN	Updated [Source, Category]
18-Jun-2024 01:18	Captain Adam	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Jun-2024 04:11	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Nature, Narrative]
18-Jun-2024 10:07	Captain Adam	Updated [Time, Location, Narrative]
21-Jun-2024 13:29	ASN	Updated [Registration, Narrative]