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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA 46-350P · Allentown, PA · March 2, 2011

Date: March 2, 2011 · 14:45 local
Place: Allentown, PA
Airport: Allentown Queen City Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N9172V
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA11CA202
Reported as: Piper PA 46-350P
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,498 total3,320 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

N9172VRegistered now · Piper PA 46-350PS/N 4622038 Airframe modelPiper PA 46-350P

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What happened

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Pilot landed on runway 25 @ kxll, Allentown Queen city airport with a right crosswind. Aircraft touched down and then lifted back into the air due to the pilot taking the crosswind correction out of the flight controls. Aircraft then landed on the left main and nose gear. The nose gear collapsed because the nose landing gear actuator broke from the mount due to the impact. The landing gear actuator impacted the fire and caused substantial damage to fire wall and bagage compartment supports.METAR kxll 021940Z auto 29017G27KT 10SM BKN080 BKN090 11/M03 A3004 rmk AO2 T01121031ACCORDING to the METAR for the period 5 minutes before the accident the wind gust were at the maximum demonstrated crosswind component for the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 25 @ KXLL, ALLENTOWN QUEEN CITY AIRPORT WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND THEN LIFTED BACK INTO THE AIR DUE TO THE PILOT TAKING THE CROSSWIND CORRECTION OUT OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED ON THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED BECAUSE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR BROKE FROM THE MOUNT DUE TO THE IMPACT. THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR IMPACTED THE FIRE AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO FIRE WALL AND BAGAGE COMPARTMENT SUPPORTS.METAR KXLL 021940Z AUTO 29017G27KT 10SM BKN080 BKN090 11/M03 A3004 RMK AO2 T01121031ACCORDING TO THE METAR FOR THE PERIOD 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE WIND GUST WERE AT THE MAXIMUM DEMONSTRATED CROSSWIND COMPONENT FOR THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB ERA11CA202Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAllentown, PAThe pilot's failure to adequately compensate for crosswind conditions, resulting in a hard landing.Mar 2, 2011 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N9172V · 2

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

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