# Accident 20060120001859A: Piper PA46350P, Tampa, FL, January 20, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2006, 13:45 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Vandenberg Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0000° N, 82.3833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0000&lon=-82.3833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N122SR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,658 total, 3,481 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060120001859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 20, 2006 AT 1345 EST, A PIPER MALIBU PA-46, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ A1 SIGNS, INC. SUSTAINED A HARD LANDING AT THE VANDENBURG AIRPORT (VDF), TAMPA, FLORIDA WHILE ON A PART 91 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DICKSON, TENNSESSEE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE STALLED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN.

## 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 MIA06CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA046), Jan 20, 2006: Piper PA-46/Jetprop (N122SR), Tampa, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare.

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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