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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA 46-350P · El Paso, TX · November 22, 2013

Date
November 22, 2013 · 10:25 local
Place
El Paso, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N122WD
Reported as
Piper PA 46-350P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,310 total472 in this make and model33 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 November 22, 2013, in El Paso, TX at 1025 MST, N122WD, a Piper PA-46 with a turboprop conversion, damaged the propeller when the pilot noticed the propeller hitting the ground during the landing. The landing was rejected and the pilot made a go around. The second landing attempt was successful and the airplane received minor damage. The instrument rated private pilot was the only occupant and was uninjured. The aircraft was on an IFR flight plan from san antonio, TX with an original destination of tucson, AZ. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 22, 2013, IN EL PASO, TX AT 1025 MST, N122WD, A PIPER PA-46 WITH A TURBOPROP CONVERSION, DAMAGED THE PROPELLER WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED THE PROPELLER HITTING THE GROUND DURING THE LANDING. THE LANDING WAS REJECTED AND THE PILOT MADE A GO AROUND. THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM SAN ANTONIO, TX WITH AN ORIGINAL DESTINATION OF TUCSON, AZ. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.