# NTSB MIA06CA046: Piper PA-46/Jetprop, N122SR, Tampa, FL, January 20, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 20, 2006, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Coordinates: 28, -82.383331
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0000&lon=-82.3833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Tampa, Florida
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63133
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA06CA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63133/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA046

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-46/Jetprop
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4622102
- Airframe hours: 5298
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060120001859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060120001859A), Jan 20, 2006: Piper PA46350P, Tampa, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 20, 2006 at 1345 EST, a Piper malibu PA-46, registered to the pilot [privacy data omitted] A1 signs, inc. sustained a hard landing at the…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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