# Incident 20090130000539I: Piper PA46350P, Louisville, KY, January 30, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2009, 15:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921GG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N921GG-2025-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A (registry code 41999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ae2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,154 total, 50 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090130000539I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 30, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 LOCAL TIME, PIPER MALIBU, N921GG, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED ON RUNWAY 24 AT BOWMAN FIELD (KLOU) IN LOUISVILLE KY.  THE REPORTED WIND WAS 280 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS.  AFTER TOUCHING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT STRIKING A SNOW BANK AND COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE SNOW BANK THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER WAS DESTROYED.  MARKS LEFT BY THE TIRES ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE THAT THE BRAKES ON BOTH OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE USED HEAVILY THROUGH OUT THE LANDING ROLL.  THE RUNWAY SURFACE AT THE TIME WAS CLEAR OF SNOW AND ICE IN ALL AREAS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED HOWEVER THE RUNWAY WAS REPORTED TO HAVE PATCHY THIN SNOW AND ICE.  THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT SHE WAS HESITANT TO INPUT THE REQUIRED CORRECTIONS BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE RUNWAY.  THIS STATEMENT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY WHICH INDICATE THAT AGGRESSIVE BRAKING WAS USED THROUGHOUT THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED NO OBVIOUS MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR OR THE BREAKING SYSTEM.  THE NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED BY THE IMPACT AND THEN FURTHER DAMAGED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT INDICATES IT WAS DAMAGED PRIOR TO THE LANDING.

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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