# Accident 20140801012599A: Piper PA 46-350P, Statesville, NC, August 1, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2014, 21:00 local time
- Place: Statesville, NC
- Airport: Statesville Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7800° N, 80.8792° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7800&lon=-80.8792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N472ST, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N472ST-2015-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A (registry code 41999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ae2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AE2A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,556 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA373) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140801012599A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED LANDING IN REPORTED IFR CONDITIONS.  FIRST EVIDENCE OF AIRCRAFT TIRE MARKS WERE APPROXIMATELY 750 FEET FROM END OF RUNWAY 28R.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF 28R FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AND HIT A 2 FOOT EMBANKMENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER THE EMBANKMENT, DROPPING APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AND CLEARED THE AIRPORT FENCE.  IT LANDED IN THE DITCH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTY ROAD.  IT CONTINUED ACROSS THE ROAD.  THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF 3 SLASHES IN THE PAVEMENT ON THE ROAD FROM THE PROPELLER.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE DITCH WEST OF THE COUNTY ROAD.

AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM CRASH SITE BEFORE IIC ARRIVED.  AIRCRAFT WAS RELOCATED TO SECURE AREA INSIDE OF AIRPORT FENCE.

AIRCRAFT DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SHEARED AT OLEO STRUT. RIGHT GEAR AND NOSE GEAR FOLDED UNDERNEATH AIRCRAFT.  BOTH WINGS TWISTED WITH TRAILING EDGE OF THE WING HIGHER THAN LEADING EDGE.  FUSELAGE FORWARD OF THE FIREWALL AND AFT OF THE CABIN DOOR HAD MAJOR DAMAGE OF CREASING AND IMPACT DAMAGE.  BOTH ENGINE AND TAIL STRUCTURES OF AIRCRAFT WERE SAGGING DOWN BELOW FUSELAGE OF AIRCRAFT.  BOTH WINGS AND FLIGHT CONTROLS HAD MAJOR DAMAGE.  BOTH FORWARD WING ATTACH FITTINGS SHEARED OR PARTIALLY SHEARED FROM FUSELAGE.  PROPELLER HAD ONE BLADED FOLDED UNDERNEATH AIRCRAFT.  ENGINE WAS FREE TO TURN 120 DEGREES FROM ONE BLADE POSITION TO THE OTHER.  NO DAMAGE OF INTERIOR NOTED OTHER THAN COLLAPSED SEATS AND INTERIOR TRIM PANELS LOOSE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA14CA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA373), Aug 2, 2014: Piper PA-46-350P (N472ST), Statesville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path and airspeed on final approach, which resulted in a long landing and runway excursion.

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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