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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA46-350P · Manassas, VA · February 25, 2016

Date: February 25, 2016 · 17:38 local
Place: Manassas, VA
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N747TH
Reported as: Piper PA 46-350P
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-35
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,115 total2,300 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N747THRegistered now · New Piper PA46-350PS/N 4636392 · Built 2006 Airframe modelNew Piper PA46-350P Engine modelLycoming TIO-540-AE2AReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

This Piper PA46 landed on runway 34R. At the point of touchdown, the aircraft imediately pulled to the left, off of the runway into the grass. In the process the nose gear collapsed and the 4 bladed propellor was shattered. The aircraft came to a stop off of the runway in the grass in a nose down configuation. The nose gear had collapsed and was protruding from underneath the left nose gear door. The pilot performed a shutdown per his checklist, extinguished the ELT, then exited the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THIS PIPER PA46 LANDED ON RUNWAY 34R. AT THE POINT OF TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT IMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE LEFT, OFF OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. IN THE PROCESS THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE 4 BLADED PROPELLOR WAS SHATTERED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP OFF OF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS IN A NOSE DOWN CONFIGUATION. THE NOSE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED AND WAS PROTRUDING FROM UNDERNEATH THE LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR. THE PILOT PERFORMED A SHUTDOWN PER HIS CHECKLIST, EXTINGUISHED THE ELT, THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.