# Accident 20050315007339A: Piper PA46500TP, Flagstaff, AZ, March 15, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2005, 15:10 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Flagstaff Pulliam Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1386° N, 111.6711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1386&lon=-111.6711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N504SR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46500TP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050315007339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 15, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1510 MST, N504SR, A PIPER PA-46-500TP, WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ PERFORMING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND, CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 3 AT FLAGSTAFF MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FLG). THE PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH AND LANDING WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE NOSE WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED THE RUNWAY. AS THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH RIGHT RUDDER, HOWEVER, FELT THAT THE RUDDER NECESSARY TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE RIGHT WOULD CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES EQUALLY AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SKID WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT ABOUT 30 DEGREES. AFTER SKIDDING APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET, THE NOSEWHEEL AND THEN THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL CONTACTED A SNOW BANK ALLONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED AND AS THE RIGHT MAIN STRUCK THE SNOW BANK, IT CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO PITCH DOWN AND STRIKE THE GROUND. THIS ACTION CATAPULTED THE AIRCRAFT IN A CLOCKWISE MANNER UNTIL IT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM THE SNOW BANK WITH THE AIRCRAFT FACING 030 DEGREES. THE RUNWAY WAS DRY AND THERE WERE GUSTY WINDS DOWN THE RUNWAY AT 030, 13 KTS GUSTING TO 17 KTS.

## 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 LAX05LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA116), Mar 15, 2005: Piper PA-46-500TP (N504SR), Flagstaff, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the loss of directional control during landing for undetermined reasons.

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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