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FAA incident report · Piper PA 46-350P · Phoenix, AZ · March 16, 2021

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Date
March 16, 2021 · 11:39 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Deer Valley
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N816CM
Reported as
Piper PA 46-350P
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,504 total37 in this make and model67 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.

Pilot corrected for a wind gust and the aircraft veered sharply to the left towards the infield, rather than overcorrect the other direction and risk dragging the wingtip he elected to put in enough control to keep the aircraft tracking parallel to the runway in the infield. This resulted in a prop strike when crossing a taxiway. Pilot reported no damage to dvt tower which canceled the alert iii, but upon shutdown two of the three prop blades showed damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CORRECTED FOR A WIND GUST AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT TOWARDS THE INFIELD, RATHER THAN OVERCORRECT THE OTHER DIRECTION AND RISK DRAGGING THE WINGTIP HE ELECTED TO PUT IN ENOUGH CONTROL TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT TRACKING PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY IN THE INFIELD. THIS RESULTED IN A PROP STRIKE WHEN CROSSING A TAXIWAY. PILOT REPORTED NO DAMAGE TO DVT TOWER WHICH CANCELED THE ALERT III, BUT UPON SHUTDOWN TWO OF THE THREE PROP BLADES SHOWED DAMAGE.