- Date
- January 20, 2006, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N122SRPiper PA-46/Jetprop
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Tampa, Florida
- FAA report
- 20060120001859A
- Case key
- 63133
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he made a 45-degree entry to the traffic pattern on downwind, and the Mode S Traffic Alert & Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) indicated several other traffic in the area. In addition, he said he also received an audible "traffic traffic" warning, so he increased his scan, fearing that there was another airplane in the traffic pattern, possibly above or below him. He said that as a result of this he made a hard landing. When the airplane impacted the runway he said that the right tire was damaged, and the airplane swerved to the right, across the grass, onto an adjacent taxiway.
Factual narrative
On January 20, 2006, about 1330 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-46/Jetprop, N122SR, registered to and operated by a private individual as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, made a hard landing at Vandenberg Airport, Tampa, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. the private-rated pilot received no injuries, and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight originated in Dickson, Tennessee, the same day, about 1315.
The pilot stated that he made a 45-degree entry to the traffic pattern on downwind, and the Mode S TCAS indicated several other traffic in the area. In addition, he said he also received an audible "traffic traffic" warning, so he increased his scan, fearing that there was another airplane in the traffic pattern, possibly above or below him. He said that as a result of this distraction he made a hard landing. When the airplane impacted the runway he said that the right tire was damaged, and the airplane swerved to the right, across the grass, onto an adjacent taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N122SR
- Reported as
- Piper PA-46/Jetprop
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4622102
- Airframe hours
- 5,298
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney -34, 800 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles Hampton's A-1 Signs Inc.,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 2006
- Departed
- M02 · Dickson, FL
- Destination
- VDF · Tampa, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,795 total · 3,481 in this make and model · 8,658 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 51 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 11 knots, gusting 15
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA
FAA reports on this event · 1
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