# Accident 20020110001799A: Piper PA46310P, Albuquerque, NM, January 10, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 10, 2002, 10:54 local time - Place: Albuquerque, NM - Airport: Double Eagle II Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.1449° N, 106.7952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOUBLE EAGLE II (AEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1449&lon=-106.7952&mi=10 - Aircraft: N87WW (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 120 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA066) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020110001799A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON JANUARY 10, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 1057 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-46T AIRPLANE, N87WW, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT THE DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO POLZIEN, INC. OF ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, APPROXIMATELY 0700. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE PILOT WAS EXECUTING AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22. APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET, THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED FROM THE CLOUDS ALIGNED RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ALIGN THE AIRPLANE WITH THE RUNWAY BY BANKING LEFT AND THEN RIGHT. AS THE AIRPLANE BANKED RIGHT, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE SOUTH AND SLID ABOUT 1,500 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP UPRIGHT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY THE FAA INSPECTORS, WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE, REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT WING, ABOUT 4 FEET FROM THE FUSELAGE WAS SPLIT OPEN. THE RIGHT WING'S SPAR WAS DAMAGED. THE PROPELLER AND LANDING GEAR HAD SUSTAINED DAMAGE. (-23) ON JAN. 10, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1057 MST A PIPER PA-46-T AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT CRASHED ON LANDING AT DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT IN ABQ, NM. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN FROM ARDMORE, OK TO ABQ. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS MARVIN CARL POLZIEN. THE AIRCRAFT EXECUTED AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AT DOUBLE EAGLE II (AEG) AND BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS ALIGNED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ALIGN WITH THE RUNWAY BY BANKING LEFT THEN RIGHT. THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE SOUTH AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT WING, APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET FROM THE FUSELAGE WAS SPLIT OPEN, THE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER, WERE DAMAGED. (.4) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE CHECKED THE AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEM (AWOS) BEFORE HE EXECUTED AN INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) APPROACH, AND IT INDICATED "VFR" CONDITIONS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL, THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED FROM THE CLOUDS AND WAS ALIGNED RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ALIGN THE AIRPLANE WITH THE RUNWAY BY BANKING LEFT AND THEN RIGHT. AS THE AIRPLANE BANKED RIGHT, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE SOUTH, AND SLID ABOUT 1,500 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP UPRIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, SNOW WAS FALLING HEAVILY, LIGHT TURBULENCE WAS PRESENT, AND THE SKY WAS OBSCURED. ## 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 FTW02LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA066), Jan 10, 2002: Piper PA-46T (N87WW), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain/maintain proper runway alignment. Contributing factors were the pilot's inadvertant flight into adverse weather conditions, the pilot not performing a missed approach,… 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.