20200925009639A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA46R-350T · Rogers, AR · September 25, 2020

Date
September 25, 2020 · 17:30 local
Place
Rogers, AR
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N920X
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN20LA430
Reported as
Piper PA46R-350T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
868 total655 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

On September 25, 2020 at 1730 CST, a Piper PA46R, N920X, departed Rogers executive airport (krog). The aircraft climbed to 5,500? MSL, configured for slow flight and practiced a power off stall. The aircraft entered a stall/spin due to missmanagment of controls and recovered after losing several thousand feet of altitude. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, there was no flight plan filed for this flight with the destination being back to krog. The aircraft suffered substantial damage to the tail section of the aircraft. The certificated private pilot and the one passenger were uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 AT 1730 CST, A PIPER PA46R, N920X, DEPARTED ROGERS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KROG). THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 5,500? MSL, CONFIGURED FOR SLOW FLIGHT AND PRACTICED A POWER OFF STALL. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STALL/SPIN DUE TO MISSMANAGMENT OF CONTROLS AND RECOVERED AFTER LOSING SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF ALTITUDE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED FOR THIS FLIGHT WITH THE DESTINATION BEING BACK TO KROG. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND THE ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.