- Date
- July 21, 2021, 18:00 local (Jul 22, 2021, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chelan, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N315JTPiper PA-34-200T
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA-FSDO
- Case key
- 103584
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 unstable approach to land in turbulent conditions, which resulted in a hard landing short of the runway and subsequent loss of directional control and collision with terrain.
Findings · 5
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 of the multiengine airplane reported that, while on final approach to land, the airplane encountered some turbulence and he landed hard short of the runway. The left main landing gear tire was blown when it contacted the runway asphalt. The airplane subsequently veered to the left and departed the left side of the runway onto the desert terrain. The landing gear collapsed, and the forward fuselage and windscreen center support structure were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N315JT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7870045
- Airframe hours
- 4,469
- Engines
- Continental Motors LTSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocatingContinental Motors TSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- British Automotive Ltd DBA
- Airworthiness certificate
- None
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 2021
- Departed
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 91WT · Riverview Airpark, runway 18/36, 1,889 × 40 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system, 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 28, 2020
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 119° at 3 knots
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- S10, 3 nm away