# Incident 20220919020389I: Piper PA46-500TP, Easton, MD, September 19, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2022, 07:06 local time
- Place: Easton, MD
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7763° N, 76.0705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Easton, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7763&lon=-76.0705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N403KC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N403KC-2025-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104622, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A (registry code 52268, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220919020389I

## Narrative

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

EASTON, MD (ESN):^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PA46, DEPARTED IFR TO ALN

AND DUE TO A GEAR ISSUE RETURNED TO ESN THEN

LANDED ON RUNWAY 22 AND FOR UNKNOWN REASONS

VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE

GRASS AREA. POB: 1, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT

UNKNOWN. 09/19/2022 1106Z.

THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT STOW PROPERLY DURING DEPARTURE AND THE ADVISORY LIGHTS STAYED ILLUMITATE WITH 3 GEARS DOWN AND LOCKED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND DURING LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL WAS NOT PROPERLY CENTERED, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO EXIT THE RUNWAY. DURING INSPECTION, THE STEERING HORN ASSEMBLY WAS DISCOVERED BROKEN. THE OWNER WAS UNAWARE OF WHEN THIS MAY HAVE HAPPENED. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N403KC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140119000189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140119000189A), Jan 19, 2014: Piper PA46-500TP (N403KC), Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. On January 19, 2014, at approximately 1630 aircraft N403KC, a Piper-46-500TP, malibu meridian, veered off the runway surface at Richard Lloyd Jones airport…

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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