20060127001299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA46350P · Spokane, WA · January 27, 2006

Date: January 27, 2006 · 15:45 local
Place: Spokane, WA
Airport: Felts Field Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N747MF
Reported as: Piper PA46350P
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total1,600 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On January 27, 2006 at approximately 2318Z (1518 local time), the pilot landed N747MF, a PA-46-350P on runway 21R at Felts field (sff) Spokane, WA. Following roll-out of several hundred feet, the aircraft veered sharply to the left, the pilot corrected with right brake and right rudder. The aircraft began a right turn coming to rest facing the direction it came from. Visible damage was limited to damaged propeller tips, inspection revealed that the rear, lower most weldment on the engine mount had failed. This weldment supports the nonmovable airframe mount for the nose landing gear hydraulic actuator. Indications are this mount was broken prior to this landing and fully separated when the gear was extended or as the weight of the aircraft came to the nose landing gear during the landing roll-out.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 27, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 2318Z (1518 LOCAL TIME), THE PILOT LANDED N747MF, A PA-46-350P ON RUNWAY 21R AT FELTS FIELD (SFF) SPOKANE, WA. FOLLOWING ROLL-OUT OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, THE PILOT CORRECTED WITH RIGHT BRAKE AND RIGHT RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A RIGHT TURN COMING TO REST FACING THE DIRECTION IT CAME FROM. VISIBLE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO DAMAGED PROPELLER TIPS, INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE REAR, LOWER MOST WELDMENT ON THE ENGINE MOUNT HAD FAILED. THIS WELDMENT SUPPORTS THE NONMOVABLE AIRFRAME MOUNT FOR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR. INDICATIONS ARE THIS MOUNT WAS BROKEN PRIOR TO THIS LANDING AND FULLY SEPARATED WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED OR AS THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING THE LANDING ROLL-OUT.