Good Afternoon All:
From the Transportation Safety Board Log of Today's date.
C-G , a Piper PA-32RT-300T aircraft with three people on board departed Sudbury, Ontario on
an IFR flight to Winston Salem, North Carolina. Approximately 30 nm south of the Sudbury airport
at an altitude of 10000 feet, the pilot turned the aircraft back to Sudbury and advised ATC that the
flight was returning to land in Sudbury. This was the last radio communication from the pilot and no
reason was specified for the return. ATC cleared the aircraft to a lower altitude and observed it
turning and descending on radar. During the descent, the aircraft disappeared from radar at 8800
feet, then reappeared momentarily at 6300 feet after which there were no further radar contacts.
Moments later, there was a brief signal from the aircraft's ELT which ended abruptly. A search for
the aircraft was commenced that night and the aircraft was subsequently located the following
morning. All three people on board had received fatal injuries. The aircraft suffered an in-flight
breakup and debris was found over an area covering approximately 1.25 nm. A post crash fire
destroyed most of the main wreckage.