# Accident 20181118017309A: Piper PA 46-350P, Petersburg, WV, November 18, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2018, 13:50 local time
- Place: Petersburg, WV
- Airport: Grant County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9956° N, 79.1458° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9956&lon=-79.1458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88VZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88VZ-2023-10-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540 series (registry code 41569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO 540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,244 total, 223 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181118017309A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 13 IN VMC AND ZERO WIND. MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND AFTER NOSE WHEEL MADE GROUND CONTACT THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO AN UNCONTROLLED LEFT SKID. VISIBLE RUNWAY SKID MARKS FROM RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR. NO VISIBLE LEFT MAIN GEAR SKID MARKS. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET FROM APPROACH END OF 13 AND SKIDDED AT A SLANT ANGLE UP A SMALL BERM AND THEN FISHTAILED SO THAT NOSE ENDED UP POINTING AT RUNWAY. ALL FOUR PROPELLER BLADES DAMAGED, NOSE GEAR PUSHED BACK INTO FUSELAGE, AND LEFT WING NEAR ROOT HAS CRINKLING. NO INJURIES. SUSPECT MECHANICAL ISSUE WITH NOSE GEAR NOT CORRECTLY DEPLOYING SO AS TO ALIGN WITH RUNWAY.

1:35 PM	43.9 °F	33.4 °F	67%	30.19 IN	10.0 MI	CALM	CALM	-	N/A	 	CLEAR

## 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 ERA19LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA086), Nov 18, 2018: Piper PA46 (N88VZ), Petersburg, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of control during the landing roll and subsequent runway excursion for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.

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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