# Accident 19930905033189A: Piper PA46350P, Block Island, RI, September 5, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1993, 11:08 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1681° N, 71.5778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLOCK ISLAND STATE (BID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1681&lon=-71.5778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46DK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46DK-1994-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540AE2A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 700 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930905033189A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

S TURNING AND SLOW DUE TRAFFIC. BEGAN GO AROUND TOO LOW. DRAGGED A WING. COLLAPSED GEAR. TORE OFF WING AND BURNED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO93LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA158), Sep 5, 1993: Piper PA-46-350P (N46DK), Block Island, RI, destroyed. Probable cause: IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, AND HIS FAILURE TO ATTAIN PROPER RUNWAY ALIGNMENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.