# Incident 20140115001689I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA46-500TP, Chamblee, GA, January 15, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2014, 18:41 local time
- Place: Chamblee, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N375SE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,530 total, 820 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140115001689I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 15, 2014 AIRCRAFT N235SE WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 3R AT PEACHTREE DEKALB AIRPORT (KPDK). THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON ROLL OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 40 KTS THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED RIGHT AND OFF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT SUDDENLY STOP DUE TO AIRCRAFT SINKING IN THE MUD. ON JANUARY 16, 2015 THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SIGHT TO INSPECT POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE AIRCRAFT LEAVING THE RUNWAY. UPON THE INSPECTION THE ONLY MECHANICAL ITEM THAT WAS FOUND WAS THE NOSE STEERING ROLLER WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT BY A CONSIDERATE AMOUNT. UPON RECEIVING TECHNICAL INFORMATION; PIPER PA-46-500TP 32-20-00 PAGE 1 REVISION JUL 1/09; THE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT NOSE GEAR STEERING ROLLERS WOULD HAVE CAUSE SHIMMY THE NOSE GEAR DURING FAST TAXI, TAKEOFF OR LANDING. A NOSE GEAR SHIMMY WOULD NOT CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT OFF THE RUNWAY. UPON FURTHER REVIEW OF THE MAINTENANCE ITEMS I COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT DRIFT TO THE RIGHT ON TAKEOFF ROLL. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE PILOT IN COMMAND HE DID LINE UP ON THE RUNWAY RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CENTER LINE.

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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