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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA 46-350P · Olathe, KS · March 7, 2013

Date
March 7, 2013 · 15:38 local
Place
Olathe, KS
Airport
Johnson County Executive
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N715BB
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN13LA188
Reported as
Piper PA 46-350P
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
199 total20 in this make and model

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.

Pilot applied power to begin the takeoff roll on rwy 18. He reported a left turning tendency as the turbocharger spooled up that could not be arrested with full right rudder. The left main wheel departed the left edge of the pavement and rolled into a snowdrift. Upon rolling into the heavy wet snow, the airplane promptly departed the runway, coming to rest with the nosewheel collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT APPLIED POWER TO BEGIN THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON RWY 18. HE REPORTED A LEFT TURNING TENDENCY AS THE TURBOCHARGER SPOOLED UP THAT COULD NOT BE ARRESTED WITH FULL RIGHT RUDDER. THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL DEPARTED THE LEFT EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT AND ROLLED INTO A SNOWDRIFT. UPON ROLLING INTO THE HEAVY WET SNOW, THE AIRPLANE PROMPTLY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, COMING TO REST WITH THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED.

NTSB investigation

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