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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA 46-350P · West Chicago, IL · April 11, 2014

Date
April 11, 2014 · 16:20 local
Place
West Chicago, IL
Airport
Dupage
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1972M
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN14LA196
Reported as
Piper PA 46-350P
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Aircraft attempted normal landing runway 20R. The main gear touched normally, when the nose gear touched the runway the aircraft veered left, the pilot countered with right rudder, but could not stop the aircraft from leaving the runway. The aircraft came to a rest on the grass to the left of runway 20R. The nose gear collapsed aft, the right main gear collapsed outboard towards and resting on the radar capsule. The left main gear collapsed inboard and the actuator came through the top of the wing. The pilot and passenger were not injured and no post crash fire occurred.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED NORMAL LANDING RUNWAY 20R. THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED NORMALLY, WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT, THE PILOT COUNTERED WITH RIGHT RUDDER, BUT COULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM LEAVING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST ON THE GRASS TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 20R. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFT, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED OUTBOARD TOWARDS AND RESTING ON THE RADAR CAPSULE. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED INBOARD AND THE ACTUATOR CAME THROUGH THE TOP OF THE WING. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND NO POST CRASH FIRE OCCURRED.

NTSB investigation

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