# Accident 20200616006049A: Piper PA 46-350P, Ely, MN, June 16, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2020, 11:19 local time
- Place: Ely, MN
- Airport: Ely Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8991° N, 91.8509° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8991&lon=-91.8509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27RZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27RZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,083 total, 1,265 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200616006049A

## Narrative

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

2020-06-16 PIPER MALIBU N27RZ LANDED ON RWY 30 AT ELY, MN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT KELO.

THE AIRCRAFT TRACKS ON THE RWY SHOW PROP STRIKES, 6 OF THEM, FOLLOWED BY A COMPRESSED NOSE WHEEL TIRE, THEN MAIN GEAR CONTACT AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 PROP STRIKES.  AT THAT POINT THE ENGINE STOPPED TURNING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN SLIDING DOWN THE RUNWAY ON EXTENDED MAIN MOUNTS AND A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED FLAPS UP, APPROXIMATELY 1900 FT DOWN RWY 30, AND THEN SLID ON THE NOSE FOR 900 ADDITIONAL FT.  WINDS WERE A DIRECT LEFT CROSSWIND 210@12G17.  THERE IS A HILL AND TREE LINE DIRECTLY LEFT/SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY WITH AN APPROXIMATE COMBINED HEIGHT OF 125 FT.  TEMPERATURE WAS 27C/ DEW POINT 14, PUTTING DENSITY ALTITUDE OVER 2X FIELD ELEVATION.

THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY LANDED JUST RIGHT OF CENTERLINE.  DURING IT'S 900 FT NOSE CONTACT SLIDE IT STAYED ON THE PAVEMENT DRIFTING LEFT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED DISLODGED ENGINE MOUNTS, CRACKED ENGINE CASE, NOSE STRUT THAT BROKE FREE OF THE FRAME AND PUNCHED INTO THE FIREWALL, DAMAGED PROPS AND NOSE COWLING.

## 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 CEN20CA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA232), Jun 16, 2020: Piper PA46 (N27RZ), Ely, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and the nose landing gear collapse during a gusty landing.

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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