# Accident 20081118852369A: Piper PA46310P, Oak Island, NC, November 18, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2008, 15:00 local time
- Place: Oak Island, NC
- Airport: Brunswick County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9244° N, 78.0714° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9244&lon=-78.0714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6913Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6913Z-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081118852369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKEOFF ROLL ON RWY 5 JUST PRIOR TO LIFTING OFF, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT BRAKE LOCKED UP STEERING THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY TO THE RIGHT.  THE COPILOT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT APPLIED BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT BRAKES IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RWY 5 AT APPROXIMATELY 15 M.P.H. INTO THE GRASS AND WENT THROUGH A SMALL CULVERT WHICH COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.

## 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 ERA09CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA065), Nov 18, 2008: Piper PA46 (N6913Z), Oak Island, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff. Contributing to the accident were gusting crosswinds.

## Other reports on N6913Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20100330030309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100330030309A), Mar 30, 2010: Piper PA-46-310P (N6913Z), Roanoke, VA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. PIC radioed ATC just after lift off and said "my control wheels are locked". Aircraft flew about 45 seconds after departure from runway 24 and was unable to…

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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