Pilot Debrief

PIPER PA 46-350P near Marion, IA — 2014-02-11

Final reportCEN14LA138
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Date
2014-02-11
Location
Marion, IA, USA
Airport
C17
Aircraft
PIPER PA 46-350P
Registration
N350AR
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0
Phase of flight
Landing

Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to attain a touchdown on the runway’s hard surface, which resulted in a loss of directional control.

NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that, after the nosewheel touched down during landing, he applied the right rudder and brake but that he was unable to keep the airplane from veering left into a 2-foot-high snow bank several feet off the runway. Runway witness marks showed that the right landing gear wheel touched down in snow and gravel off the right side of the runway's hard surface and that the left landing gear wheel touched down on the runway's hard surface. Both wheels then skidded left and off the runway. Examinations revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

Analysis

Primary failure mode
Loss of control
First missed decision gate
Pilot could have executed a go-around instead of continuing the landing.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

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Docket documents3

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