# Incident 20230114015749I: Piper PA 46-350P, Atlanta, GA, January 14, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2023, 15:50 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Peachtree-Dekalb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N531MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N531MA-2026-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,150 total, 153 in this make and model, 203 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230114015749I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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