# Incident 20061118029869I: Piper PA46500TP, Fort Wayne, IN, November 18, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2006, 10:52 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Smith Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1433° N, 85.1544° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1433&lon=-85.1544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4185L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4185L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104622, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46500TP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07IA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07IA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061118029869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTING BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT, (BMG), BLOOMINGTON, IN., WITHOUT INCIDENT, TO SMITH FIELD, (SMD) FORT WAYNE, IN., THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING. PILOT FOUND MLG TO INDICATE DOWN, LOCKED AND SAFE. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 5 AT SMD, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT UPON NOSE GEAR CONTACT. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVERSED INTO THE GRASS OFF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE SOIL. THE PILOT STATED HE TRIED TO STEER BACK ONTO RUNWAY 5 WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. ^PRIVACY DAT^, DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE FOR MERCURY AIR CENTER, FOUND UPON LIFTING THE AIRCRAFT FOR MOVEMENT THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LOCK ACTUATOR MOUNT BROKEN. THIS ALLOWED THE NLG TO NOT POSITIVELY LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION, ALLOWING THE NLG TO ROLL BACK AND FOLD. NOTE: DATE OF INCIDENT AMENDED FROM 11/17/2006 TO ACTUAL DATE OF 11/18/2006.

## 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 CHI07IA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07IA067), Nov 18, 2006: Piper PA-46-500TP (N4185L), Fort Wayne, IN, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure/separation of the engine mount's nose gear actuator attachment foot, and the manufacturer's inadequate engine mount/nose gear actuator attachment design.

## Other reports on N4185L (1)

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

- [Accident 20131123024189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131123024189A), Nov 23, 2013: Piper PA46-500TP (N4185L), Monroe, NC, Minor damage. Eqy-tys, during roll-out at eqy, right main tire failed causing the aircraft to exit rwy stopping an estimated 275 feet off the right side of rwy 23. Aircraft…

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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