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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-46-310P · Southbridge, MA · November 8, 2003

Date: November 8, 2003 · 11:15 local
Place: Southbridge, MA
Airport: Southbridge Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9122L
Reported as: Piper PA46310P
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520*
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,583 total300 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

N9122LRegistered now · Piper PA-46-310PS/N 4608096 · Built 1987 Airframe modelPiper PA-46-310P Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft landed on runway 02 with crosswinds gusting to 24 knots. Pilot stated he selected 20 degrees flaps and stabilized his approach using left aileron and full right rudder. As aircraft touched down a gust of wind caught the left wing causing the aircraft to yaw into the wind and exit the left side of the runway. Skid marks on runway pavement show contact with nose and left main gear for approx 300 feet with gradual drift to the grass at left side of runway. The aircraft exited the left side of the runway making contact with a runway light at the left wing root. The aircraft continued another 50 feet in the grass on all three gear until the nose gear collapsed. The plane slid approx. another 100 feet on the nose cowl shearing off the propeller blades in the grass parallel to the runway before coming to a stop. Damage to the aircraft was limited to the nose gear and lower cowling.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 02 WITH CROSSWINDS GUSTING TO 24 KNOTS. PILOT STATED HE SELECTED 20 DEGREES FLAPS AND STABILIZED HIS APPROACH USING LEFT AILERON AND FULL RIGHT RUDDER. AS AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE LEFT WING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW INTO THE WIND AND EXIT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. SKID MARKS ON RUNWAY PAVEMENT SHOW CONTACT WITH NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR FOR APPROX 300 FEET WITH GRADUAL DRIFT TO THE GRASS AT LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY MAKING CONTACT WITH A RUNWAY LIGHT AT THE LEFT WING ROOT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ANOTHER 50 FEET IN THE GRASS ON ALL THREE GEAR UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PLANE SLID APPROX. ANOTHER 100 FEET ON THE NOSE COWL SHEARING OFF THE PROPELLER BLADES IN THE GRASS PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR AND LOWER COWLING.