# NTSB CEN10CA490: Piper PA-46-310P, N106LB, Austin, TX, August 20, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 20, 2010, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC) - Place: Austin, TX - Coordinates: 30.354444, -97.989997 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3544&lon=-97.9900&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 11, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 77030 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10CA490 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77030/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77030 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA490 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain a stabilized approach, which resulted in a loss of control on landing with a tailwind. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-46-310P, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=7104605), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-46-310P, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=7104605), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he was distracted by his passenger, who was seated in the back of the airplane. He landed with an 18 knot tailwind and, after being unable to slow the airplane, attempted to abort the landing by abruptly applying full engine power. He advanced the throttle too fast and the engine power did not respond. He realized that he had flooded the engine and maneuvered the airplane away from approaching obstacles at the end of the runway. The airplane continued off the runway and crossed a ditch on to a golf course before coming to a stop; it sustained structural damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical deficiencies with the airplane. ## Factual narrative The private pilot reported that he was distracted by his passenger, who was seated in the back of his single-engine, turbo-prop equipped airplane, and landed on a runway with an 18 knot tailwind. The pilot was unable to slow down and attempted to abort the landing by abruptly applying full power to go around. The pilot said he pushed the throttle in too fast and got no power. he said he realized he had "flooded the engine." The pilot then maneuvered the airplane away from approaching obstacles at the end of the runway and then went off the runway, and crossed a ditch on to a golf course before coming to a stop. The airplane sustained structural damage to the left wing. The left main landing gear and propeller were also damaged. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N106LB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N106LB), registered now, S/N 46-8508093, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46-310P - Registry model: [Piper PA-46-310P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (registry code 7104605) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 46-8508093 - Engines: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Lhbg Aviation LLC - Registered owner: Lhbg Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: LIT, Little Rock, AR - Destination: 3R9, Austin, TX - Flight plan: Unknown - Airport: 3R9, Lakeway, runway 34 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 330 total, 130 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20100820045549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100820045549A), Aug 20, 2010: Piper PA-46-310P, Austin, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot departed little rock ar. International airport (lit) at approximately 15:05 enroute to Lakeway Airpark, Austin, TX. (39R), arrived at approximately 17:15… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 25, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77030. 604 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 604 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40337750&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.