- Date
- January 23, 2014, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N403KCPiper PA46 500TP
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Case key
- 88705
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Probable cause
The loss of directional control while landing due to the failure of the inner tube in the left tire.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot said he "landed very smoothly" on runway 19R. During the landing roll the airplane began to pull "very hard to the left." The pilot applied right rudder; however, the airplane continued off of the runway, hit soft dirt, and stopped abruptly. An examination of the airplane revealed that the nose landing gear had collapsed and the left main landing gear tire was flat. Further examination revealed substantial damage to the engine mount, nose trunion, and firewall. The tube in the left main landing gear tire had failed. No other anomalies were reported by the pilot.
Factual narrative
The pilot said he "landed very smoothly" on runway 19R. During the landing roll the airplane began to pull "very hard to the left." The pilot applied right rudder; however, the airplane continued off of the runway, hit soft dirt, and stopped abruptly. An examination of the airplane revealed that the nose landing gear had collapsed and the left main landing gear tire was flat. Further examination revealed substantial damage to the engine mount, nose trunion, and firewall. The tube in the left main landing gear tire had failed. No other anomalies were reported by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N403KC
- Reported as
- Piper PA46 500TP (500TP)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4697403
- Built
- 2009
- Airframe hours
- 1,229.5
- Engine
- P&W Canada PT6A-42A, 500 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wendell Holland
- Registered owner
- Capulet LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 28, 2013
- Departed
- KAPA · Denver, CO
- Destination
- KRVS · Tulsa, OK
- Airport
- KRVS · Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport, runway 19R, 5,102 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 8, 2013
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,039 total · 1,209 in this make and model · 1,953 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 9.6 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KRVS
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 6, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.5 MB in all.