# Accident 20100820045549A: Piper PA-46-310P, Austin, TX, August 20, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2010, 17:15 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Lakeway Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3544° N, 97.9900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3544&lon=-97.9900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106LB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N106LB) (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 PA-46-310P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 200 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA490](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA490) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100820045549A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED LITTLE ROCK AR. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LIT) AT APPROXIMATELY 15:05 ENROUTE TO LAKEWAY AIRPARK, AUSTIN, TX. (39R), ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 17:15 AT 3R9.  PER PILOT PHONE INTERVIEW, PILOT STATED WHEN APPROACHING 3R9, HE WAS DISTRACTED BY PASSENGER.  THE PILOT LANDED ON RWY 35 TOO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH A TAIL WIND OF  APPROXIMATELY 18 KNOTS.  THE PILOT TRIED TO ABORT LANDING BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO RWY LENGTH. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RWY INTO THE GOLF COURSE FAIRWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR BUMPS AND BRUISES AND WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION AND FOR PRECAUTIONARY REASONS.  VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## 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 CEN10CA490](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA490), Aug 20, 2010: Piper PA-46-310P (N106LB), Austin, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a stabilized approach, which resulted in a loss of control on landing with a tailwind.

## Other reports on N106LB (3)

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

- [Incident 20180528006229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180528006229I), May 28, 2018: Piper PA-46-310P (N106LB), Sugar Land, TX, Minor damage. N106LB flight with 01 pilot and 01 passenger onboard originated from springdale municipal airport (asg), springdale, AR, with a destination of Sugar Land…
- [Incident 20030328020459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030328020459I), Mar 28, 2003: Piper PA46310P (N106LB), Downers Grove, IL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that during the takeoff roll the aircraft did not seem to be accelerating. The pilot initiated an abort with about 1200 feet of runway…
- [Incident 19980116006579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980116006579I), Jan 16, 1998: Piper PA46310P (N106LB), Omaha, NE. Narrative: N106LB, a PA-46-310P, was at 19,000 feet en-route from joliet, IL to evanston, WY when 30 miles east of Omaha, NE the engine began to run rough. 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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