# Incident 20190204016499I: Piper PA-42, Tupelo, MS, February 4, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2019, 12:06 local time
- Place: Tupelo, MS
- Airport: Tupelo Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2690° N, 88.7699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUPELO RGNL (TUP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2690&lon=-88.7699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821DK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N821DK-2020-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-42 (registry code 7104202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-42
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 2,600 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190204016499I

## Narrative

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

THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING A PLANNED FUEL STOP AT TUPELO REGIONAL AIRPORT (TUP). DURING THE APPROACH, THE PILOT IN COMMAND(PIC) REQUESTED TO PERFORM THE ILS - 36 APPROACH INTO TUP. DURING AN INTERVIEW, THE PIC STATED THAT THE WEATHER AT TUP WAS 800 OVERCAST WITH WINDS 210 AT 10 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GIVEN A DESCENT TO 4000 FEET. THE PIC STATED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE OUTER MARKER ON THE ILS THAT LOWER WAS REQUESTED, 3000 FEET WAS THE PUBLISHED ALTITUDE. APPROACH CONTROLLERS CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DESCENT TO 3000 FEET, AND BASED ON THE DISTANCE FROM THE OUTER MARKER, THE PIC INITIATED AN AGGRESSIVE DESCENT MANUEVER. THE PIC STATED THAT ONCE THE DESCENT MANUEVER WAS INITIATED, THE AUTOPILOT PITCHED "HARD OVER" IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THE ILS GLIDESLOPE AT THE OUTER MARKER. THE USE OF AUTOPILOT WAS THEN DISCONTINUED. THE PIC ELECTED TO CONTINUED THE APPROACH ALTHOUGH THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOVE GLIDESLOPE AND NOT STABILIZED AT THE OUTER MARKER. THE EXTRA ALTITUDE AND LACK OF BEING STABILIZED ON THE APPROACH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BREAK OUT OF THE CLOUD LAYER JUST BELOW 800 FEET, AND TOUCH DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PIC STATED DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT THE PROPS WERE PLACED INTO REVERSE, BUT DID NOT RESPOND DUE TO THE GROUND AIR SENSING SWITCH ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT. THE PIC THEN STATED AS THE END OF THE RUNWAY WAS APPROACHING, THE PIC "STOOD" ON THE BRAKES IN AN EFFORT TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. THE PIC STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING AT AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR WHEN IT DEPARTED THE PREPARED SURFACE AND ENTERED THE GRASS BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE PREPARED SURFACE, THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT CAUSING DAMAGE TO TWO OF THE THREE PROPELLER BLADES. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT PROPELLER ONLY.

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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