# Accident 20100416032519A: Piper PA 46-350P, Parkersburg, WV, April 16, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2010, 15:25 local time
- Place: Parkersburg, WV
- Airport: Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airpo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3453° N, 81.4392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3453&lon=-81.4392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N779MA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO 540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,440 total, 288 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100416032519A

## Narrative

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

DURING THE TOUCHDOWN PHASE OF LANDING, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL; BUT, DURING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED HARD RIGHT AND IT TOOK A HARD APPLICATION OF THE LEFT RUDDER TO STOP THE RIGHT TURN. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED AND RUDDER CONTROL BECAME INEFFECTIVE, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT AND LEFT RUNWAY 21 INTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ESSENTIALLY STRAIGHT IN THE GRASS BY THE USE OF LEFT BRAKE PRESSURE AND CROSSED THE TAXIWAY OF RUNWAY 10 (RUNWAY 10 INTERSECTS RUNWAY 21 APPROXIMATELY MID-FIELD) AND INTO THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY 10. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A HALT IN THE GRASSY AREA, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.

## 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 ERA10LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA237), Apr 16, 2010: Piper PA 46-350P (N779MA), Parkersburg, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate design of the engine mount by the manufacturer, resulting in collapse of the nose landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the operator to adhere to the…

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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