20071229829419A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-46-310P · Gunnison, CO · December 29, 2007

Date
December 29, 2007 · 17:20 local
Place
Gunnison, CO
Airport
Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N33MF
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN08CA045
Reported as
Piper PA46310P
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) After rotation aircraft drifted to the left striking the snow with the left landing gear causing aircraft to contact the ground with the left wing, tearing off the left wing and tearing the left horizontal stab. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER ROTATION AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT STRIKING THE SNOW WITH THE LEFT LANDING GEAR CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO CONTACT THE GROUND WITH THE LEFT WING, TEARING OFF THE LEFT WING AND TEARING THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STAB. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

NTSB investigation

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