# Accident 20071207828389A: Piagio P180, Battle Mountai, NV, December 7, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2007, 09:00 local time
- Place: Battle Mountai, NV
- Airport: Battle Mountain
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5991° N, 116.8743° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BATTLE MOUNTAIN (BAM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5991&lon=-116.8743&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGPIA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIAGIO P180
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 400 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071207828389A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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