# Incident 20040627017059I: Piper PA46310P, Columbus, TX, June 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2004, 18:00 local time
- Place: Columbus, TX
- Airport: Robert R Wells Jr Apt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6415° N, 96.5160° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROBERT R WELLS JR (66R), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6415&lon=-96.5160&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69146, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69146-2018-01-23) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 140 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040627017059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING AT COLUMBUS, TEXAS (66R) ON RUNWAY 15, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. RUNWAY 15 IS 4000 FEET, 3800 FEET USABLE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1580 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, LEAVING APPROXIMATELY 2220 FEET OF RUNWAY LEFT. AT THE TOUCHDOWN POINT THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT MAIN TIRE BEGAN SKIDDING. APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET BEYOND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TOUCH DOWN, THE NOSE TIRE TOUCHED DOWN AND ALSO APPEARED TO BE SKIDDING (EVIDENT BY THE BLACK SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY). THESE SKID MARKS CONTINUED TOGETHER FOR APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET WHEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BEGAN LEAVING SKID MARKS. AT APPROXIMATELY 2350 FEET THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE "PLOWING." THIS WAS DETERMINED BY THE WIDTH OF THE WITNESS MARK THAT THE NOSE GEAR LEFT IN THE MUD (10-12 INCHES). THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET BEFORE CONTACTING A DITCH WITH THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED AT THE OLEO/STRUT TRANSITION. THE NOSE GEAR FAILED AT THE ACTUATOR AND FOLDED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE COWLING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT A HEADING OF 225 DEGREES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE LIMITED TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING TAKEN TO A CERTIFICATED REPAIR STATION FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. FURTHER EVALUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE COMPLETED AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N69146 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050917026839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050917026839A), Sep 17, 2005: Piper PA46310P (N69146), Houston, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) Pilot and his wife reportedly arrived from austin, TX about 17:00 CDT and met with local family members, presumably to have dinner. The aircraft was…

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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