# Incident 20131122021769I: Piper PA 46-350P, El Paso, TX, November 22, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2013, 10:25 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N122WD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N122WD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,310 total, 472 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131122021769I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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