# Incident 20000521032089I: Piper PA46350P, Petaluma, CA, May 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2000, 21:00 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.6053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETALUMA MUNI (O69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N146GS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N146GS-2001-09-07) (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: PWA PT6*
- Pilot flight hours: 9,705 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000521032089I

## Narrative

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

(-23)STATEMENT AS REPORTED BY PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING PETALUMA AIRPORT RUNWAY 11.  AIRCRAFT WAS LINED UP FOR LANDING, MAINS TOUCHED DOWN AND TRACKED STRAIGHT.  AS SOON AS THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT JERKED HARD TO THE RIGHT.  HARD LEFT RUDDER WAS APPLIED TO PREVENT RUNNING OFF THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TRACK RIGHT AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 50-75 FEET FROM THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AR A 45' ANGLE.

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.

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