# Incident 20031108029089I: Piper PA46310P, Southbridge, MA, November 8, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2003, 11:15 local time
- Place: Southbridge, MA
- Airport: Southbridge Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1011° N, 72.0388° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHBRIDGE MUNI (3B0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1011&lon=-72.0388&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9122L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9122L) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,583 total, 300 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031108029089I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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