# NTSB CEN14CA119: Piper PA46 500TP, N403KC, Tulsa, OK, January 23, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: January 23, 2014, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Tulsa, OK - Coordinates: 36.039443, -95.984443 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0394&lon=-95.9844&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: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 13, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - NTSB case key (mKey): 88705 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14CA119 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88705/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88705 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA119 ## Probable cause The loss of directional control while landing due to the failure of the inner tube in the left tire. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system: tube](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023245): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Failure (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA46-500TP, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023245/cases.md?model=7104622), [All aircraft, 19 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023245/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Attain/maintain not possible (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA46-500TP, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=7104622), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Unknown/Not determined (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA46-500TP, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md?model=7104622), [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/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 PA46-500TP, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=7104622), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Piper PA46-500TP, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=7104622), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Piper PA46-500TP, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=7104622), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N403KC-2025-01-23), registration cancelled 2025-01-23, S/N 4697403, built 2009 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA46 500TP (500TP) - Registry model: [Piper PA46-500TP](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (registry code 7104622) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (registry code 52268, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 4697403 - Year built: 2009 - Airframe hours: 1229.5 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 54; injuries: none; 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 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 6, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88705. 3.5 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40408901&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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