NTSB investigations: Piper PA 46-350P, FL

11 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Piper PA 46-350P. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19952026
NTSB investigations: Piper PA 46-350P, FL per year, 1995–2026: 11 cases
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'FL' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7104620', '7104619', '7104627', '7104618'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB ERA23LA161Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-46-350P · St. Augustine, FLThe pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a takeoff above the airplane’s maximum gross weight, a CG forward of the limit, and a tailwind component that prevented the airplane from climbing above trees.Mar 23, 2023 · N280KC · DestroyedNTSB ERA22LA121Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA 46-350P · Crystal River, FLCollapse of the nose wheel landing gear assembly due to lateral loads encountered on the turf runway during rollout.Feb 1, 2022 · N35CM · Substantial damageNTSB ERA22LA035Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA46 · Immokalee, FLThe flight instructor’s delayed remedial action which resulted in the airplane impacting terrain short of the runway.Oct 26, 2021 · N305JD · Substantial damageNTSB ERA19LA072Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA46 · Mayport, FLAn in-flight loss of control following an encounter with supercooled large droplet icing conditions, which ultimately resulted in an uncontrolled descent and subsequent inflight breakup. Also causal was the pilot’s failure to maintain an appropriate airspeed…Dec 20, 2018 · N307JM · DestroyedNTSB ERA14IA019Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportPiper PA 46 350P · Tallahassee, FLThe failure of the nose landing gear (NLG) actuator attachment bolt due to fatigue for reasons that could not be determined during postincident examination, which resulted in the NLG collapsing during landing.Oct 8, 2013 · N640BD · Minor damageNTSB ERA11FA070Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA 46-350P · Destin, FLControlled flight into water due to the pilot's improper descent below the published minimum descent altitude.Nov 24, 2010 · N548C · Substantial damageNTSB ERA10FA028Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA 46-350P · Zephyrhills, FLA total loss of engine power during a night approach for undetermined reasons.Oct 24, 2009 · N98ZZ · Substantial damageNTSB ERA09LA471Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-46-350P · Sanford, FLThe fatigue cracking at the point the nose landing gear actuator attaches to the mount resulting in separation of the actuator and partial collapse of the nose landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the lack of specific inspection guidance for…Aug 16, 2009 · N548C · Substantial damageNTSB MIA07LA076Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-46-350P · Fort Lauderdale, FLThe inadequate design of the engine mount by the manufacturer, resulting in collapse of the nose landing gear.Apr 16, 2007 · N4946R · Substantial damageNTSB MIA06LA002Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-46-350P · Destin, FLThe inadequate design of the engine mount which led to cracking of the mount resulting in a loss of directional control and collapse of the nose landing gear. A contributing factor was the failure of maintenance personnel to comply with a service bulletin to…Oct 3, 2005 · N9199P · Substantial damageNTSB MIA96LA055Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-46 · Fort Myers, FLThe failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate amount of rudder input to compensate for engine torque during takeoff.Dec 3, 1995 · N8888X · Substantial damage