- Date
- February 28, 2024, 15:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26DRPiper PA46-500TP
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- 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
- FAA report
- 20240228002859A
- Case key
- 193878
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 loss of control during landing due to a flat tire. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to replace the worn tire in a timely manner.
Findings · 3
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 stated he was on a training flight when, during the third landing, he felt the airplane pull to the right and start vibrating upon touchdown. He attempted to correct to the left, but the airplane continued to the right, exited the runway, and then turned back to the left before stopping. The right aileron was substantially damaged during the event. The right tire was found deflated. Examination of the deflated tire found it was worn with little remaining tread. The exact location of a leak could not be determined due to damage to the tire. The tire was installed about 20 months and 375 flight hours prior to the accident. The number of landings on the tire was not determined. The pilot stated he thought there was sufficient tread remaining on the tire prior to the flight and he intended to replace the tire during the next annual inspection. It is likely the worn tire deflated prior to the accident landing due to excessive wear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26DR
- Reported as
- Piper PA46-500TP
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4697358
- Built
- 2008
- Airframe hours
- 1,962
- Engine
- Pratt and Whitney PT6A-42A, 500 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pepper Equipment Corp
- Registered owner
- Pepper Equipment Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 2023
- Departed
- BRG · Belen, NM
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- ABQ · Albuquerque Intl Sunport, runway 03/21, 10,000 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display
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
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- February 28, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 981 total · 323 in this make and model · 940 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Injuries
- None
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 22, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.0 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.