20110806019169A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-46-310P · Elizabethtown, NC · August 6, 2011

Date
August 6, 2011 · 17:00 local
Place
Elizabethtown, NC
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N469CC
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11LA461
Reported as
Piper PA-46-310P
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,300 total400 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 8/6/11 privacy data omitted took off from eyf. As the aircraft reached 1100 ft, the engine lost power. The pilot turned toward the runway and the airspeed dropped from 150 KTS. To 100 KTS. The pilot feathered the prop and left the landing gear up to reduce drag. The aircraft landed gear up with damage to the aircraft. There were no injuries to the pilot or passenger. See attachments.

As the FAA filed it

ON 8/6/11 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM EYF. AS THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 1100 FT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT TURNED TOWARD THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRSPEED DROPPED FROM 150 KTS. TO 100 KTS. THE PILOT FEATHERED THE PROP AND LEFT THE LANDING GEAR UP TO REDUCE DRAG. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP WITH DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. SEE ATTACHMENTS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.