# Accident 20200925009639A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA46R-350T, Rogers, AR, September 25, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2020, 17:30 local time
- Place: Rogers, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3724° N, 94.1070° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3724&lon=-94.1070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N920X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N920X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46R-350T (registry code 7104610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46r-350t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A (registry code 41999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ae2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA46R-350T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AE2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 868 total, 655 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA430](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA430) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200925009639A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN20LA430](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA430), Sep 25, 2020: Piper PA46R-350T (N920X), Rogers, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent loss of aircraft control, resulting in substantial damage to the airframe during the spin recovery.

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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