# Accident 20110109001959A: Piper PA46-500TP, Phoenix, AZ, January 9, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2011, 13:58 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4342° N, 112.0114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4342&lon=-112.0114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5365D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,753 total, 318 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110109001959A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 9, 2011 AT A1358 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, PIPER PA-46-500TP N5365D SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AIRPORT.  THE PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT CAME TO A STOP AFTER VEERING RIGHT FROM RUNWAY 7 INTO THE DIRT.  THE PILOT AND ALL PASSENGERS SIS NOT SUSTAIN ANY REPORTED INJURIES.  THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON TOUCHDOWN HE THOUGHT THE NOSE GEAR TIRE BLEW WHEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED HARD RIGHT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO STEER RIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT PUSHING THROUGH THE TOP OF THE WING AND SEVERING THE ROD-END ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR.  THE FUSELAGE AND SEVERAL FLIGHT CONTROLS SUSTAINED DAMAGE BECAUSE OF THE AIRCRAFT EXITING THE ASPHALT.

## 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 WPR11FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA093), Jan 9, 2011: Piper PA46-500TP (N5365D), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was low nosewheel tire pressure.

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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