# Accident 20030613025459A: Piper PA46500TP, Santa Fe, NM, June 13, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2003, 11:30 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6169° N, 106.0892° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6169&lon=-106.0892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N211EZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46500TP
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 289 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030613025459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE TO GUNNISON COLORADO, AT FL 290, PILOT (OWNER/OPERATOR) WAS CIRCUMNAVIGATING AROUND CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS. THE WEATHER DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY AND ELECTED TO DIVERT TO SANTA FE, NM. DURING DESCENT THROUGH THE CLOUDS HE ENCOUNTERED TO SEVERE DOWNDRAFTS, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT THE SAF ARPT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL LATER DISCOVERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WING SPAR ASSEMBLIES WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED.

## 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 DEN03LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA152), Jun 13, 2003: Piper PA-46-500TP (N211EZ), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the inadvertent encounter with turbulence associated with thunderstorms. A contributing factor was the icing conditions.

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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