- Date
- March 14, 2021, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Port Aransas, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6074APiper PA 46-350P
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing area overshoot
- 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
- FAA report
- 20210314005679A
- Case key
- 102802
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 failure to maintain proper airspeed on approach and his attempt to land on a wet runway with insufficient runway remaining, resulting in an overrun and loss of directional control.
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 was landing from an autopilot-coupled GPS approach when he noted that his airspeed over the runway numbers was 115 knots. The airplane floated over the wet runway touching down “just past the numbers”. The pilot applied full braking with over half of the runway remaining. The airplane slowed, but still slid off the end of the runway into the dirt. The airplane ground-looped, collapsing the left main landing gear and coming to a stop 180o facing the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The recommended approach speed for the airplane is 85 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6074A
- Reported as
- Piper PA 46-350P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4636451
- Built
- 2008
- Airframe hours
- 1,679
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 20, 2020
- Departed
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RAS · Mustang Beach, runway 12/30, 3,482 × 70 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 10, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 103 in this make and model · 103 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Injuries
- None
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- KRAS
- METAR
- KRAS 141955Z AUTO 32017KT 10SM OVC005 16/15 A2994 RMK AO2 T01580148
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 15, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6074A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.