# Accident 20040118000329A: Piper PA46350P, Marine City, MI, January 18, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2004, 16:00 local time
- Place: Marine City, MI
- Airport: Marine City Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7208° N, 82.5958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7208&lon=-82.5958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46WD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040118000329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 04. PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BRAKE WAS DRAGGING. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND EVENTUALLY WENT OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THRU A SNOW BANK COLLAPSING THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST IN A SNOW FILLED CULVERT. DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOTED. NO INJURIES, OR FIRE.

## 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 CHI04LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA059), Jan 18, 2004: Piper PA-46-350P (N46WD), Marine City, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. Factors associated with the accident were the icy snow covered runway, the tailwind conditions, the snowbank, and…

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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