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FAA incident report · Piper PA-46-600TP · Indiantown, FL · October 23, 2018

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Date
October 23, 2018 · 09:00 local
Place
Indiantown, FL
Airport
Indiantown
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N82FG
Reported as
Piper PA-46-600TP
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
N82FGRegistration cancelled Sep 27, 2021 · Piper PA-46-600TPS/N 4698089 · Built 2018Airframe modelPiper PA-46-600TPEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42ATurbo-prop

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What happened

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

The pilot was conducting test flights on an unpaved runway. The pilot touched down on mains and then nose gear. The aircraft started to veer nose right and slide sideways. The aircraft then veered nose left and slid sideways. The aircraft then again veered nose right at a relatively slow speed, slid sideways at which time the nose gear collapsed. After the pilot turned off the battery master, selected fuel cutoff/feather on the condition lever, and pulled the fuel shutoff ?t? Handle, he and the flight test engineer exited the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TEST FLIGHTS ON AN UNPAVED RUNWAY. THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN ON MAINS AND THEN NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER NOSE RIGHT AND SLIDE SIDEWAYS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED NOSE LEFT AND SLID SIDEWAYS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN AGAIN VEERED NOSE RIGHT AT A RELATIVELY SLOW SPEED, SLID SIDEWAYS AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AFTER THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE BATTERY MASTER, SELECTED FUEL CUTOFF/FEATHER ON THE CONDITION LEVER, AND PULLED THE FUEL SHUTOFF ?T? HANDLE, HE AND THE FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.