# Accident 20251019016079A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA 46-350P, Queen Creek, AZ, October 19, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2025, 17:50 local time
- Place: Queen Creek, AZ
- Airport: Pegasus Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2120° N, 111.5631° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2120&lon=-111.5631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N699PG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N699PG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104618, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A (registry code 40999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ae2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AE2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,160 total, 216 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251019016079A

## Narrative

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

AT 1753 LOCAL TIME THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A PIPER MALIBU MIRAGE ATTEMPTED LANDING AT PEGASUS AIRPARK (5AZ3) RUNWAY 26 FROM A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH WITH POOR VISIBILITY CAUSED BY SETTING SUN.  INSTEAD OF PEGASUS AIRPARK, THE PILOT MISTAKENLY LINED UP ON AN IRRIGATION CANAL 2.3 MILES EAST OF RUNWAY 26 AND FLEW A FINAL APPROACH TO THE CANAL.  ON WHAT HE ASSUMED WAS SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 26, THE PILOT SAW HIGH TENSION POWER LINES IN HIS FLIGHT PATH AND DESCENDED TO AVOID THEM.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE LOWEST POWER LINE WHICH SHEARED OFF THE TOP HALF OF THE AIRCRAFT'S VERTICAL STABILIZER AND REMOVED THE ENTIRE RUDDER.  THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED AIRBORNE AND THE PIC FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO A LANDING AT FALCON FIELD (KFFZ).

## 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 WPR26LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA025), Oct 20, 2025: Piper PA 46-350P (N699PG), Queen Creek, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper runway alignment and failure to maintain clearance from powerlines. Contributing to the accident was sun glare, which obscured the pilot’s view of the runway.

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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