# Accident 20101029054359A: Piper PA46-500TP, Port Mansfield, TX, October 29, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2010, 04:30 local time
- Place: Port Mansfield, TX
- Airport: Port Mansfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8299° N, 97.1692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8299&lon=-97.1692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N234PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104622, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A (registry code 52268, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 7 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101029054359A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND DEVELOPED MAX TORQUE WITH GOOD TEMPERATURE, ALL INDICATIONS WERE IN THE GREEN. ROTATED INTO NORMAL TAKEOFF ATTITUDE. GOOD CLIMBOUT PERFORMANCE. AFTER GEAR RETRACTION PILOT NOTICED ENGINE WAS LOSING POWER. POWER LOSS WAS APPROX 2 SECONDS THEN ENGINE REGAINED FULL POWER OUTPUT ONCE AGAIN. PILOT DECIDED TO EXECUTE A SHALLOW LEFT TURN BACK TO AIRPORT THEN LOST POWER AGAIN. PILOT DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FOR A RETURN HEADING SO ELECTED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SIMI OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATLY 3/4 MILE FROM DEPARTURE END OF TAKEOFF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING IN FIELD HITTING THE RIGHT WING ON A POWER LINE POLE, CAUSING WING TO SHEER OFF. THEN THE LEFT WING STRUCK A MEDIUM SIZED TREE CAUSING SUBSTANTIUAL DAMAGE. THE PROPELLER, ENGINE AND ENGINE HOUSING RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE. THE LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND WAS DAMAGED. EXTENT OF DAMAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE FUSELAGE AND EMPENNAGE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING 180 DEGREES FROM LANDING HEADING. BECAUSE THE IMPACT COMPROMISED BOTH WING FUEL TANKS, FUEL LOAD VERIFICATION WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE. PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR SCRAPES AND REPORTED THEY DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 CEN11LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA043), Oct 29, 2010: Piper PA46-500TP (N234PM), Port Mansfield, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons because examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have contributed to the loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N234PM (2)

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

- [Accident 20221109018049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221109018049A), Nov 9, 2022: Piper PA46-500TP (N234PM), Maxwell, NE, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On November 9, 2022 at approximately 0934 CST,[privacy data omitted], a Piper PA46-500TP was destroyed upon impact about 3.25 NM southeast of the north Platte…
- [Incident 20100528050969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100528050969I), May 28, 2010: Piper PA46-500TP (N234PM), Leadville, CO, Minor damage. On may 28, 2010, at 0030Z, Piper PA46 (N234PM), sustained minor damage during landing at Lake County Airport (Leadville, CO). There were four people on board…

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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