# Incident 20150329004369I: Piper PA46-500TP, Sterling, CO, March 29, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2015, 19:15 local time
- Place: Sterling, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6205° N, 103.1926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sterling, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6205&lon=-103.1926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53369, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53369) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104622, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150329004369I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE A VFR APPROACH AT KSTK TO LANDING RUNWAY 33 CALM WINDS REPORTED ON AWOS, SKY WAS CLEAR WITH UNLIMITED VISIBILITY.   UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND WITH A HARD LEFT RUDDER THE PILOT COULD NOT KEEP THE AIRPLANE FROM EXITING THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT.  AFTER TRAVELING OFF THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP NEXT TO RUNWAY.   A FLAT RIGHT MAIN GEAR TIRE WAS FOUND AND RUBBER MARKS FROM THE POINT OF TOUCH DOWN TO WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY INDICATED THE RIGHT TIRE WAS FLAT ON TOUCHDOWN.  THE RUBBER MARKS WERE WIDER THAN NORMAL TIRE SKID MARKS, ANOTHER INDICATION THE RIGHT TIRE WAS FLAT.  NO INJURIES AND NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE.   THIS WAS THE SECOND LANDING WITHIN 2 HOURS.

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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