# Accident 20121031024019A: Piaggio P180, Boyne City, MI, October 31, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2012, 09:25 local time
- Place: Boyne City, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 2FPA
- Location: 45.2089° N, 84.9900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2089&lon=-84.9900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401WS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401WS-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piaggio P180 (registry code 6960204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piaggio-p180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 (registry code 52206, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIAGGIO P180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,506 total, 665 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121031024019A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 27  AND CAME TO REST AT AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE AND DITCH THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE FENCE. NOSE WHEELS WERE BURIED IN THE SIDE OF THE DITCH, TURNED TO THE LEFT APPROXIMATELY 35 DEGREES FROM CENTER. TIRE MARKS IN THE GRASS AND THE POSITION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED THAT THE TURN RATE INCREASED. INTERVIEWED CAPTAIN, CAPTAIN STATED THAT WHEN HE PLACED THE POWER LEVERS IN TO BETA RANGE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING TO THE LEFT, HE APPLIED RIGHT BRAKE, WITH NO ANTICIPATED RESPONSE, HE APPLIED FULL REVERSE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE AND MORE RIGHT BRAKING WITH NO ANTICIPATED RESPONSE TO BRING AIRCRAFT BACK TO CENTER, WHILE PUSHING THE CONTROL MASTER SWITCH FOR STEERING DISENGAGEMENT. UPON LEAVING THE RUNWAY HE APPLIED FULL BRAKING AND FULL REVERSE ON BOTH ENGINES, THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING STRUCK A TREE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE FORWARD CANARD LEFT SIDE STRUCK THE GROUND AND FENCE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE CANARD AND STRUCTURAL MOUNTING. THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED FROM IMPACT WITH THE SIDE OF THE DITCH, THE RADOME WAS DAMAGED FROM GROUND IMPACT AND IMPACT WITH A FENCE POLE.

## 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 CEN13FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA038), Oct 31, 2012: Piaggio P180 (N401WS), Boyne City, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The select/bypass valve's failure to seal correctly because of improper shimming, which resulted in an uncommanded and uncontrollable left turn during landing. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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