# Accident 20110503008189A: Piper PA46-500TP, Rock Springs, WY, May 3, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2011, 17:40 local time
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Airport: Rock Springs Sweetwater County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5942° N, 109.0653° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5942&lon=-109.0653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46ME, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46ME) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104622, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110503008189A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 3, 2011 AT 17:40 MDT, N46ME, A PIPER MODEL PA46-500TP SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL AT ROCK SPRINGS, WY (RKS) AIRPORT. THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD WAS UNINJURED.  THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

## 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 WPR11LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA218), May 3, 2011: Piper PA46-500TP (N46ME), Rock Springs, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The overstress fracture of the right aileron midspan hinge bracket due to modal vibrations created by a deflated right main landing gear tire during the takeoff roll.

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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