20081201854139I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA46350P · Evansville, IN · December 1, 2008

Date: December 1, 2008 · 11:30 local
Place: Evansville, IN
Airport: Evansville Regional
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N550DM
Reported as: Piper PA46350P
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,510 total905 in this make and model39 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) On December 1, 2008, at approximately 1130 CST, N4550DM, a PA-46, returned from a pleasure flight to kevv. The touchdown and rollout were normal. The aircraft slowed to almost a complete stop to make the turn onto the taxiway, hit a small patch of ice, and slid off the left side of runway 22 approximately 10 feet. The aircraft nose wheel and left main wheel were off of the pavement, and the engine continued to run. The tower instructed the pilot to taxi to the ramp. No injuries were reported to the pilot or passenger. At the time of the incident, winds from 280 at 12 knots, gusting to 18 knots, were reported. The temperature was 0 degrees celsius and the dew point was -01 degrees celsius. The runway was wet and, because of the dropping temperature, had a few small areas of ice which was unknown to the airport personnel and the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 1, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 CST, N4550DM, A PA-46, RETURNED FROM A PLEASURE FLIGHT TO KEVV. THE TOUCHDOWN AND ROLLOUT WERE NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP TO MAKE THE TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY, HIT A SMALL PATCH OF ICE, AND SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 22 APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL AND LEFT MAIN WHEEL WERE OFF OF THE PAVEMENT, AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. THE TOWER INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO TAXI TO THE RAMP. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, WINDS FROM 280 AT 12 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 18 KNOTS, WERE REPORTED. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 0 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE DEW POINT WAS -01 DEGREES CELSIUS. THE RUNWAY WAS WET AND, BECAUSE OF THE DROPPING TEMPERATURE, HAD A FEW SMALL AREAS OF ICE WHICH WAS UNKNOWN TO THE AIRPORT PERSONNEL AND THE PILOT.