20151203019399A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA 46-350P · Mammoth, CA · December 3, 2015

Date
December 3, 2015 · 12:40 local
Place
Mammoth, CA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N546C
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA069
Reported as
Piper PA 46-350P
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,800 total2,021 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot stated during a phone interview that during take-off roll runway 27 he experienced a gust of wind and lost directional control and crashed into the segmented circle of the wind sock.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED DURING A PHONE INTERVIEW THAT DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL RUNWAY 27 HE EXPERIENCED A GUST OF WIND AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO THE SEGMENTED CIRCLE OF THE WIND SOCK.

NTSB investigation

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