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FAA incident report · Piper PA 46-350P · August 17, 2017

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Date
August 17, 2017 · 17:55 local
Airport
Brownsville
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N64TW
Reported as
Piper PA 46-350P
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,315 total2,150 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days
N64TWRegistered now · Piper PA 46-350PS/N 4636054Airframe modelPiper PA 46-350PEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

On August 17, 2017, at approximately 17:55 hours, a Piper PA-46-350P privacy data omitted operated by the pilot, crashed at Brownsville Airport when its nose gear collapsed during landing. VFR flight conditions prevailed and the pilot did not file a flight plan. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the pilot, private rated, sustained no injuries. The flight originated brooks county on August 17, 2017 and crashed approximately 20 minutes after take off.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 17, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 17:55 HOURS, A PIPER PA-46-350P ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED BY THE PILOT, CRASHED AT BROWNSVILLE AIRPORT WHEN ITS NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT, PRIVATE RATED, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED BROOKS COUNTY ON AUGUST 17, 2017 AND CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF.