20071207828389A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piagio P180 · Battle Mountai, NV · December 7, 2007

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Date: December 7, 2007 · 09:00 local
Place: Battle Mountai, NV
Airport: Battle Mountain
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: CGPIA
Reported as: Piagio P180
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,600 total400 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) VOR DME approach to runway 03 was initiated. Aircraft broke out at approximately 750' AGL and made a normal touchdown. Winds were 330 degrees at 5 knots. Runway was wet with no standing water. Pilot engaged nose wheel steering somewhere just below 60 knots indicated and the aircraft started into an abrupt left turn. Right rudder input had no effect. The aircraft slid sideways and completed a 180 degree turn on the runway before departing the left side of the runway collapsing the right main landing gear after sinking in soft mud. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the right wing tip, right aileron sheared off, right engine prop destroyed, right main landing gear drag brace sheared, and considerable damage to the right side of fuselage and wheel well area. The aircraft right ventral fin was also sheared off. Investigation of the nose gear steering system, hydraulics, brakes, and rudder system by this inspector and piaggio america, ainc. Personnel found no anomaly.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) VOR DME APPROACH TO RUNWAY 03 WAS INITIATED. AIRCRAFT BROKE OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 750' AGL AND MADE A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN. WINDS WERE 330 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS. RUNWAY WAS WET WITH NO STANDING WATER. PILOT ENGAGED NOSE WHEEL STEERING SOMEWHERE JUST BELOW 60 KNOTS INDICATED AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED INTO AN ABRUPT LEFT TURN. RIGHT RUDDER INPUT HAD NO EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS AND COMPLETED A 180 DEGREE TURN ON THE RUNWAY BEFORE DEPARTING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AFTER SINKING IN SOFT MUD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT AILERON SHEARED OFF, RIGHT ENGINE PROP DESTROYED, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DRAG BRACE SHEARED, AND CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF FUSELAGE AND WHEEL WELL AREA. THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT VENTRAL FIN WAS ALSO SHEARED OFF. INVESTIGATION OF THE NOSE GEAR STEERING SYSTEM, HYDRAULICS, BRAKES, AND RUDDER SYSTEM BY THIS INSPECTOR AND PIAGGIO AMERICA, AINC. PERSONNEL FOUND NO ANOMALY.