# Incident 20010815023809I: Piper PA46310P, Cocoa, FL, August 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2001, 23:50 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9130N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9130N-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,051 total, 787 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010815023809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING NIGHT LANDING, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO COMMAND AIRPORT RUNWAY LIGHTS ON BY CLICKING HIS MIKE BUTTON ON THE ASSIGNED RADIO FREQUENCY. THE RUNWAY LIGHTS DID NOT RESPOND AND THE APPROACH WAS MADE TO AN UNLIT RUNWAY. THE PILOT'S APPROACH WAS NOT IN LINE WITH THE RUNWAY 29 BUT INSTEAD HE LINED UP ON THE GRASS SEPARATION AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. THE LANDING WAS MADE ON THE GRASS. WHEN ASKED WHY HE DID NOT GO AROUND THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD COMMITTED TO LAND AND THAT IT SEEMED SAFE AND APPROPRIATE TO HIM AT THAT TIME. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS FORCED OUT OF IT'S DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED OVER A PAVED TAXIWAY AT HIGH SPEED DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT THEN SKIDDED ON IT'S PROPELLER AND ENGINE COWL FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, ENGINE, COWLING AND GEAR DOORS. PILOT STATED HIS LANDING LIGHTS WERE ON WORKING NORMAL, GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS AND NO WARNING HORN ON THE APPROACH.

## Other reports on N9130N (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20061019021519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061019021519A), Oct 19, 2006: Piper PA46310P (N9130N), Fort Meade, MD, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) Aircraft departed fme, VFR, transponder code 1200. Upon contacting ptc, the pilot was instructed that he was in violation of adiz airspace procedures and…
- [Accident 19960823024079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960823024079A), Aug 23, 1996: Piper PA46310P (N9130N), Redlands, CA, Substantial damage. Took off to avoid thunderstorm west. Settled on climbout. Hit prop. Aborted. Ran off into rocks. Variable gusts.

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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