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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-46-600TP · Fairhope, AL · November 23, 2021

Date: November 23, 2021 · 13:55 local
Place: Fairhope, AL
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N601MA
Reported as: Piper PA-46-600TP
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot

N601MARegistered now · Piper PA-46-600TPS/N 4698134 · Built 2020 Airframe modelPiper PA-46-600TP Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42ATurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Pilot described landing i/a/w published POH procedures with "wind coming straight down the runway". No abnormalities described until NLG touched down on runway and the aircraft began to veer to the left. The pilot described that simultaneous with immediate steering correction input back to the right, the nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft slide to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DESCRIBED LANDING I/A/W PUBLISHED POH PROCEDURES WITH "WIND COMING STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY". NO ABNORMALITIES DESCRIBED UNTIL NLG TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT DESCRIBED THAT SIMULTANEOUS WITH IMMEDIATE STEERING CORRECTION INPUT BACK TO THE RIGHT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLIDE TO A STOP.