# Accident 20210314005679A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA 46-350P, Port Aransas, TT, March 14, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2021, 14:00 local time
- Place: Port Aransas, TT
- Airport: Mustang Beach Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8197° N, 97.0925° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8197&lon=-97.0925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6074A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6074A-2025-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104619, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (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 PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AE2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 103 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210314005679A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 14, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS, A PIPER PA-46-350P ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CRASHED AT MUSTANG BEACH AIRPORT AFTER RUNNING OFF RUNWAY 12.   VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED AND THE PILOT, PRIVATE RATED, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN FORT WORTH MICHAM ON MARCH 14, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:00 HOURS AND CRASHED AN HOUR LATER.  ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 CEN21LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA163), Mar 14, 2021: Piper PA 46-350P (N6074A), Port Aransas, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed on approach and his attempt to land on a wet runway with insufficient runway remaining, resulting in an overrun and loss of directional control.

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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