# Incident 20180322012159I: Piper PA 46-350P, Santa Ana, CA, March 22, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2018, 12:50 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Coun
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6757° N, 117.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN WAYNE/ORANGE COUNTY (SNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6757&lon=-117.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10DK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10DK) (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: P&W CANADA PT6A-35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180322012159I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N10DK LANDED ON RUNWAY 20R AND WHEN NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, AIRCRAFT BEGAN VEERING LEFT.  AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE GRASS WHERE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSE LOWERED AND THE PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE GROUND AND DISINTEGRATED.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED SLIDING ON THE GRASS/DIRT, SPUN SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO REST.

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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