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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA 46-350P · Atlanta, GA · January 14, 2023

Date
January 14, 2023 · 15:50 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Peachtree-Dekalb
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N531MA
Reported as
Piper PA 46-350P
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,150 total153 in this make and model203 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The pilot stated the forecasted winds of 14 knots with gusts to 21 knots were a direct crosswind to runway 3R. Following touch-down, he was unable to maintain the centerline of the runway and “the aircraft darted hard right”. He applied “full left brake and rudder” but the aircraft continued into the grass resulting in a collapsed nose landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THE FORECASTED WINDS OF 14 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 21 KNOTS WERE A DIRECT CROSSWIND TO RUNWAY 3R. FOLLOWING TOUCH-DOWN, HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY AND “THE AIRCRAFT DARTED HARD RIGHT”. HE APPLIED “FULL LEFT BRAKE AND RUDDER” BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED INTO THE GRASS RESULTING IN A COLLAPSED NOSE LANDING GEAR.