# Accident 20210222003909A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA46R-350T, Kansas City, MO, February 22, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2021, 11:00 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Charles B. Wheeler Downtown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1249° N, 94.5923° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1249&lon=-94.5923&mi=10
- Aircraft: N560CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N560CA) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 954 total, 29 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210222003909A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KDSM) WHEN DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 19, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AND LANDING ROLL OUT SEEMED NORMAL AND HE PROCEEDED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS. SOON AFTER RETRACTING THE FLAPS THE PILOT STATED IT SEEMED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL LOCKED UP AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT STATED HE INPUT LEFT STEERING CONTROL FOLLOWED BY APPLYING THE LEFT BRAKE IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO EFFECT. AT THAT POINT, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SLIDE AND WAS HEADING FOR THE WEST EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE FACING APPROXIMATELY 300 DEGREES. AT THAT POINT, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED CAUSING THE WHEEL AND LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY TO FOLD IN THE OUTWARD DIRECTION TOWARD THE WIND TIP WHICH RESULTED IN THE RIGHT WING TIP AND AILERON, AND RIGHT OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE ELEVATOR CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE IN THE GRASS BEFORE COMING TO A STOP WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT FACING APPROXIMATELY 350 DEGREES. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS ISOLATED TO THE RIGHT WING TIP AND AILERON, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND GEAR DOOR, AND THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE RIGHT WING JUST OUTBOARD OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

## 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 CEN21LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA137), Feb 22, 2021: Piper PA46R-350T (N560CA), Kansas City, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of directional control during landing for reasons that could not be determined.

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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