20090601009739I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA46500TP · San Carlos, CA · June 1, 2009

Date: June 1, 2009 · 12:53 local
Place: San Carlos, CA
Airport: San Carlos
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N45FF
Reported as: Piper PA46500TP
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other 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) The pilot/owner states that he was landing at ksql in a crosswind using a considerable amount of rudder and aileron control in order to keep the aircraft from yawning and drifting off the runway center line. Upon landing on runway 30, the pilot states he may have touched the brake on the right rudder pedal and drifted off of the runway. The pilot further states he allowed the aircraft to drift off of the runway because he worried that correcting the aircraft drift would have resulted in an overcorrection. The aircraft stopped on taxiway "l" located between taxiway "c" and "d".

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT/OWNER STATES THAT HE WAS LANDING AT KSQL IN A CROSSWIND USING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RUDDER AND AILERON CONTROL IN ORDER TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM YAWNING AND DRIFTING OFF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 30, THE PILOT STATES HE MAY HAVE TOUCHED THE BRAKE ON THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL AND DRIFTED OFF OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT FURTHER STATES HE ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY BECAUSE HE WORRIED THAT CORRECTING THE AIRCRAFT DRIFT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN OVERCORRECTION. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON TAXIWAY "L" LOCATED BETWEEN TAXIWAY "C" AND "D".