# Accident 20160320009639A: Piper PA 46-350P, Pflugerville, TX, March 20, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2016, 11:45 local time
- Place: Pflugerville, TX
- Airport: Austin Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3950° N, 97.5631° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3950&lon=-97.5631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N975MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N975MA) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 720 total, 720 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160320009639A

## Narrative

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

ON 03/20/2016, AIRCRAFT N975MA, PIPER PA 46-350P LOST CONTROL WHILE ON APPROACH TOUCHDOWN AT PFLUGERVILLE, TX (KEDC). PILOT WAS 20 MILES OUT AND ANNOUNCED HIS ARRIVAL FOR RIGHT BASE 31 FULL STOP. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A HARD LANDING AND VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER BY GETTING BACK ON THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND DAMAGE THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, LEFT OUTBOARD WING, PROPELLER AND TWO AIRPORT RUNWAY LIGHTS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. PILOT HAS OVER 700 HOURS EXPERIENCE PILOTING THE PA-46 MALIBU THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT. AIRCRAFT IS MAINTAINED BY THE FLIGHTLINE GROUP IN FLORIDA AND SB 1103F (ENGINE MOUNT) HAS BEEN RECENTLY ACCOMPLISHED. AIRCRAFT WAS SHUTDOWN, PILOT REQUESTED AIRCRAFT TO BE MOVED TO SAFE AREA.

## 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 GAA16CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA155), Mar 20, 2016: Piper PA 46 (N975MA), Pflugerville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing touchdown in gusty crosswind conditions, which resulted in runway excursion, and nose gear collapse.

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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