# Accident 20231210018109A: Piper PA46-500TP, Ann Arbor, MI, December 10, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2023, 16:15 local time
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport: Ann Arbor Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2262° N, 83.7390° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2262&lon=-83.7390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90ZZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90ZZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104622, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,305 total, 219 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231210018109A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT FINAL ON THE RNAV 24 INTO KARB. THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXPERIENCED TRACE TO LIGHT RIME IN IMC WHILE ON APPROACH. AIRCRAFT STALLED ON SHORT FINAL APPROXIMATELY 50-100' ABOVE RUNWAY ELEVATION, TOUCHING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 150' FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 24. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, BRIEFLY AIRBORNE AGAIN BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN NEAR THE 1000' MARKERS. FOLLOWING THE BOUNCE, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SHEARED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE PULLED TO THE LEFT, APPROXIMATELY 500' PAST THE 1000' MARKERS, THEN SPUN IN THE GRASS ABOUT 15-20' OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE CRASH SEQUENCE THE LEFT GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF AND LANDED ON THE RUNWAY NUMBERS, THE RIGHT GEAR WAS PUSHED THROUGH THE WING AND PUNCTURED THE TOP SIDE OF THE RIGHT WING BEFORE COLLAPSING BACK INTO THE WHEEL WELL. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SNAPPED FORWARD TOWARDS THE PROPELLER AND ALL FOUR PROPELLER BLADES WERE DAMAGED FROM GROUND CONTACT. THE RIGHT WING WAS BENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA058), Dec 10, 2023: Piper PA46-500TP (N90ZZ), Ann Arbor, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s encounter with unexpected wind shear during final approach, which resulted in a hard landing short of the runway.

## Other reports on N90ZZ (1)

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

- [Incident 20131227024299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131227024299I), Dec 27, 2013: Piper PA46-500TP (N90ZZ), Howell, MI, Minor damage. After landing, aircraft drifted right until right MLG contacted snow bank along edge of runway, pulling aircraft farther into snowbank. Pilot was unable to…

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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