20190415002839I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · New Piper PA-46-500TP · Pullman, WA · April 15, 2019

Date
April 15, 2019 · 10:10 local
Place
Pullman, WA
Airport
Pullman-Moscow Regonal Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N464HP
Reported as
New Piper PA-46-500TP
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,050 total327 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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 climb out, just after seeing a positive rate of climb and selecting gear up the pilot noticed a loss of power and the aircraft beginning to sink. The pilot observed a zero torque indication and pushed the nose of the aircraft down to get back on the ground due to the engine not producing power. The aircraft climbed to approximately 75 feet and the pilot didn?t have enough time to lower the landing gear subsequently the aircraft landed on the belly and slid off the right side of the runway. After the aircraft stopped moving the pilot and passenger the exited the aircraft. No one sustained any injuries during the incident.

The aircraft was inspected once it was removed from the area near the runway . The aircraft sustained minimal damage. The items that sustained damage during the landing are as follows propeller, radar pond on right wing, antennas on the belly and a 15-inch-BY-15-inch portion of the skin by the passenger door at the rear of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON CLIMB OUT, JUST AFTER SEEING A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB AND SELECTING GEAR UP THE PILOT NOTICED A LOSS OF POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGINNING TO SINK. THE PILOT OBSERVED A ZERO TORQUE INDICATION AND PUSHED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO GET BACK ON THE GROUND DUE TO THE ENGINE NOT PRODUCING POWER. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET AND THE PILOT DIDN?T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR SUBSEQUENTLY THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE BELLY AND SLID OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED MOVING THE PILOT AND PASSENGER THE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. NO ONE SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES DURING THE INCIDENT.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED ONCE IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE AREA NEAR THE RUNWAY . THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE. THE ITEMS THAT SUSTAINED DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING ARE AS FOLLOWS PROPELLER, RADAR POND ON RIGHT WING, ANTENNAS ON THE BELLY AND A 15-INCH-BY-15-INCH PORTION OF THE SKIN BY THE PASSENGER DOOR AT THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT.