# Incident 20160401024509I: Piper PA46-500TP, Rutland, VT, April 1, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2016, 18:00 local time
- Place: Rutland, VT
- Airport: S. Vt. Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6097° N, 72.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rutland, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6097&lon=-72.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31LA-2023-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104622, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A (registry code 52268, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160401024509I

## Narrative

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

ON 04/01/2016, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD DEPARTED PNE ALONE IN HIS PIPER MERIDIAN, N31LA. AT APPROXIMATELY 18:00 LOCAL, HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 01 AT RUT.  THE WIND WAS OUT OF 350 DEGREES AND JUST AS HE TOUCHED DOWN THERE WAS A VERY STRONG WIND GUST FROM THE WEST (FRONTAL PASSAGE).  HE SAID: ?THE AIRCRAFT SORT OF HOPPED? AND HE HAD TO QUICKLY REACT IN ORDER TO KEEP IT ON THE RUNWAY. HE COULD FEEL THE LEFT MLG TIRE WAS FLAT AS HE ROLLED TO THE NORTH END OF RWY 01. HE TURNED RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY TO TAXIWAY E AND STOPPED. UNFORTUNATELY, HE STOPPED BEFORE HE HAD CROSSED THE ?HOLD-SHORT? MARKING, SO HE WAS TECHNICALLY STILL BLOCKING THE RUNWAY. A NOTAM WAS IMMEDIATELY ISSUED TO CLOSE RUNWAY 01.  AS A RESULT, THE SCHEDULED, INBOUND CAPEAIR FLIGHT #71 COULD NOT LAND AT RUT AND DIVERTED TO LEB. THE PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO RUT BY GROUND/SURFACE TRANSPORT. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LEFT TIRE AND TUBE. THE A&P MECHANIC (SCOTT DRAPPER) SAID THE VALVE STEM WAS BROKEN OFF, BUT THE WHEEL HAD NOT BEEN DAMAGED.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ALONE IN THE AIRCRAFT, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE RUNWAY WAS CLOSED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES.

PTRS #EA65201602256

## Other reports on N31LA (1)

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- [Incident 20200316001359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200316001359I), Mar 16, 2020: Piper PA46-500TP (N31LA), Vero Beach, FL, Minor damage. Pilot flew from stuart, FL. (Sua) and proceeded to land at Vero Beach, FL. (Vrb). Pilot prepared for a normal landing aircraft configuration gear down and…

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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