# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A: Loss of control on ground

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB WPR24LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA100.md): Piper PA46-500TP · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 28, 2024 · N26DR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of control during landing due to a flat tire. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to replace the worn tire in a timely manner.
- [NTSB CEN22LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA153.md): Piper PA-46-600TP · Olive Branch, MS · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Mar 23, 2022 · N627PR · Substantial damage
  > The airplane’s hard right turn during landing in crosswind conditions and a subsequent loss of directional control due to adverse airplane-pilot coupling attributable to the design of the nose landing gear, whose directional stability was sensitive to…
- [NTSB ERA22LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA079.md): Piper PA46 · Cornelia, GA · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Nov 29, 2021 · N172MA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.
- [NTSB ERA21LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA065.md): Piper PA46 · Leesburg, VA · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 6, 2020 · N282ST · Minor damage
  > The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing in crosswind conditions. Contributing to the loss of control was the significantly underinflated nose landing gear tire.
- [NTSB ERA20LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA230.md): Piper PA46 · Williston, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 15, 2020 · N117PR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose landing gear collapse.
- [NTSB CEN14CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA119.md): Piper PA46 500TP · Tulsa, OK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 23, 2014 · N403KC · Substantial damage
  > The loss of directional control while landing due to the failure of the inner tube in the left tire.
- [NTSB CEN14LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA080.md): Piper PA46 500TP · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 7, 2013 · N220JE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing due to his inadequate compensation for the tailwind.
- [NTSB ERA11LA466](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA466.md): Piper PA46 · Manasses, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 2011 · N133SR · Substantial damage
  > An undetermined nose landing gear steering anomaly or anomalies, which resulted in the pilot's inability to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing rollout. The damage to the nose landing gear precluded a determination of the cause of…
- [NTSB CEN09IA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09IA153.md): New Piper PA-46-500T · Aspen, CO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 2009 · N535JR · Minor damage
  > The pilot's inability to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing for undetermined reasons.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52268')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '230'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/cases?engine=52268

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