- Date
- June 16, 2020, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ely, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N27RZPiper PA46
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20200616006049A
- Case key
- 101449
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and the nose landing gear collapse during a gusty landing.
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 reported that he encountered moderate to severe turbulence below 5,000 ft mean sea level while descending to land on runway 30. During the landing flare the left wing abruptly raised up. The airplane touched down hard and bounced. The airplane settled down, the nose wheel collapsed, and the airplane skidded to a stop. The engine mount sustained substantial damage. The prevailing wind was from 230° at 11 knots gusting to 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27RZ
- Reported as
- Piper PA46 (350P)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4636299
- Built
- 2002
- Airframe hours
- 1,009
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Private Individual
- Registered owner
- Rjc Investments Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LNK · Lincoln, NE
- Destination
- ELO · Ely, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ELO · Ely Municipal Airport, runway 30, 5,596 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display
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
- 75
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 5, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,086.3 total · 253 in this make and model · 208.6 as pilot in command · 3.8 in the last 90 days · 3.8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 11 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- ELO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.