- Date
- March 19, 2025, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Henderson, NV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N171MPiper PA 46-350P
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: 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
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20250319004449A
- Case key
- 199901
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing, in gusting crosswind conditions.
Findings · 2
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 reported that, during the landing flare, the airplane encountered a crosswind gust. The airplane drifted to the right about 10°, and while correcting with rudder the left main landing gear touched down. The airplane veered to the left, exited the runway, and struck a ditch, which substantially damaged the fuselage and both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing on runway 35L with wind from 300° at 14 knots, gusting 18 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N171M
- Reported as
- Piper PA 46-350P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4636841
- Built
- 2024
- Airframe hours
- 48.5
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Elevated Holdings Inc
- Registered owner
- Elevated Holdings Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 4, 2024
- Departed
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- HND · Henderson Executive Airport, runway 35L, 6,501 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Electronic multifunction display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Last flight review
- June 5, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 959 total · 195 in this make and model · 733 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 14 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.48 inHg
- Observed at
- KHND
- METAR
- KHND 191756Z 03014G18KT 10SM CLR 12/M09 A3048 RMK AO2 SLP338 T01171094 10117 20061 50005 $
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 5, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.8 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.