- Date
- October 26, 2021, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Immokalee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N305JDPiper PA46
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing area undershoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20211026018169A
- Case key
- 104176
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 flight instructor’s delayed remedial action which resulted in the airplane impacting terrain short of the runway.
Findings · 2
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 and his instructor were practicing a simulated engine-out approach and landing. While on the base leg to the runway, the landing gear was extended, and one notch of flaps were added. After turning onto final, the descent rate “seemed to increase,” and the flight instructor advanced the power lever, however the airplane was too low and impacted swampy terrain about 1,000 ft short of the runway before engine power increased, which resulted in substantial damage to both wings and the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N305JD
- Reported as
- Piper PA46 (350P)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4636061
- Built
- 1996
- Airframe hours
- 2,786.9
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney PT6A-35, 560 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 9, 2020
- Departed
- IMM · Immokalee, FL
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- IMM · Immokalee Regional
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot
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
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 26, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,028 total · 1,133 in this make and model · 1,962 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 69
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, Unknown
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2021
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 22,000 total · 12,000 in this make and model · 21,700 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Turbulence
- Light
- Observed at
- KRSW, 21 nm away
- METAR
- KRSW 261853Z 31009KT 10SM BKN043 29/22 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP109 T02890217
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 13, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 13.9 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.