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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-46-310P · Atlanta, GA · October 11, 2007

Date
October 11, 2007 · 16:42 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Dekalb-Peachtree
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N383SA
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA08LA009
Reported as
Piper PA46310P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
456 total120 in this make and model44 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) While performing a routine landing on runway 2R at pdk during VMC conditions the subject aircraft departed the runway to the left abruptly upon nose gear touch down just beyond the foxtrot interchange. Just prior to departing the runway, as a result of the unexpected sharp left input, the right wing dipped causing the right wing tip to contact the runway and the right wing leading edge to strike a runway marker light. Upon entering the grass between runway 2L and 2R the nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest on an approximate heading of 340 deg 40 yards from where it left the hard surface.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE PERFORMING A ROUTINE LANDING ON RUNWAY 2R AT PDK DURING VMC CONDITIONS THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT ABRUPTLY UPON NOSE GEAR TOUCH DOWN JUST BEYOND THE FOXTROT INTERCHANGE. JUST PRIOR TO DEPARTING THE RUNWAY, AS A RESULT OF THE UNEXPECTED SHARP LEFT INPUT, THE RIGHT WING DIPPED CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TIP TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY AND THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE TO STRIKE A RUNWAY MARKER LIGHT. UPON ENTERING THE GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAY 2L AND 2R THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON AN APPROXIMATE HEADING OF 340 DEG 40 YARDS FROM WHERE IT LEFT THE HARD SURFACE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N383SA · 2

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