# Accident 20260405002899A: Piper PA 46-350P, Lufkin, TX, April 5, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2026, 15:40 local time
- Place: Lufkin, TX
- Airport: Angelina County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2344° N, 94.7569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2344&lon=-94.7569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95AG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95AG) (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: P&W CANADA PT6A-140A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,061 total, 1,211 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260405002899A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT LEFT KCXO WITH PIC AND SECOND PILOT WHO PURPOSE WAS TO CONDUCT ANNUAL INSURANCE CHECK AND FLEW VFR TO KLFK FOR AIRWORK. PIC STATED FIRST APPROACH WAS RNAV (GPS) RWY 07 WHICH TERMINATED IN A MISSED APPROACH AND GO AROUND.  PIC STATED THEY CAME AROUND FOR A SECOND APPROACH TO LANDING ON RWY 07 WHICH WAS COMPLETED.  PIC STATES THEY TOOK OFF FROM RWY 07 AND CLIMBED TO ALTITUDE TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE OUT EMERGENCY.  ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 07 THE PIC STATED THAT THE WIND GUSTED AND THE AIRPLANE DROPPED AND A HARD LANDING WAS EXPERIENCED. THE SECOND PILOT CALLED FOR A GO AROUND SUCCESSFUL  AND THEY ASSESSED POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR.  DECIDING THERE MAY BE SOME DAMAGE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BRAKE PRESSURE FELT IN RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL.  THEY ELECTED TO LAND AGAIN AT KLFK BECAUSE THERE WAS A REPAIR FACICLITY ON SITE. DURING LANDING THEY LOST CONTROL AND SKIDDED OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RWY 07.

HARD LANDING REPORTED OCCURRED 26 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY WITH RIGHT WING SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN LEFT. BOTH LANDING GEAR IMPACTED CONCRETE SLAB HOLDING RWY POSITION LIGHTS.  RIGHT GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF LEAVING UPPER STUB.  LEFT GEAR WHEEL SPINDLE BROKE JAMMING WHEEL INTO GEAR STRUT CONTRIBUTING TO  SKIDDING ALONG WITH STUB OF RIGHT LANDING GEAR WITH THE SKID OFF RUNWAY.  THE RADAR POD WAS TORN OFF WING IN THE OFF RUNWAY SKID. DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING, FLAP AND AILERON. DAMAGE TO LEFT WING ROOT AND LOOSENED SCREWS ON INSPECTION PORT.JUST FORWARD AND INBOARD TO LEFT LANDING GEAR.

NO CONTACT WITH ANY OBJECT WITH PROPELLER. NO APPARENT ENGINE DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN26LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA159), Apr 5, 2026: Piper PA46 (N95AG), Burke, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s encounter with unexpected low-level wind shear during final approach, which resulted in a hard impact with 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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