- Date
- September 8, 1991, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, OH
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N350MMPiper PA46-350P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910908045519A
- Case key
- 37008
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Probable cause
A malfunction of the elevator trim indicator and incorrect position of the trim tab which resulted in the pilot aborting the takeoff and a loss of directional control on the ground.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the takeoff roll the nose of the airplane came off the ground prematurely. The pilot tried to correct by electrically applying nose down trim, but did not get any response. The airplane climbed about 50 feet off the ground and the pilot could not lower the nose. The pilot elected to abort the takeoff the airplane landed hard on the runway, veer to the right, departed the runway and struck 3 taxiway lights and a taxiway sign. Examination of the airplane's electric elevator trim indicator revealed that the indicator had malfunctioned because a guide/lodging pin was binding, which resulted in the indicator disconnecting from the track. The indicator was reading full nose down, at the same time the elevator trim tab was in the full nose up position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N350MM
- Reported as
- Piper PA46-350P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4622105
- Airframe hours
- 162
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arthur F. Lindquist
- Registered owner
- Arthur F. Lindquist
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1991 · 162 hours before
- Destination
- OJC · Olathe, KS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DAY · Dayton International, runway 24, 7,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,250 total · 162 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY, 1 nm away
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 N350MM · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.