# Accident 20120706015029A: Piper PA 46-350P, Auburn, AL, July 6, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2012, 14:51 local time
- Place: Auburn, AL
- Airport: Auburn University Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6153° N, 85.4339° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6153&lon=-85.4339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4133G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4133G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540 series (registry code 41569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO 540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 1,098 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA441](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA441) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120706015029A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 6, 2012, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^(PILOT) WAS LANDING AT AUBURN, ALABAMA (KAUO). THE LANDING WAS EXECUTED WITH NORMAL PROCEDURES UNTIL THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR THEN FOLDED BACK INTO THE WHEEL WELL CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN MADE A HARD TURN TO THE RIGHT WHERE IT EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FRONT PORTION OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE (ABOVE THE RIGHT WING). NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED FROM THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA12LA441](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA441), Jul 6, 2012: Piper PA-46-350P (N4133G), Auburn, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane owner’s failure to have maintenance personnel comply with an aircraft manufacturer's service bulletin to require engine mount inspections for fatigue cracks, which resulted in an…

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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