Piper PA-46-350P N379P

Summary

On 22 December 2008 at about 01:26 local time, a Piper PA-46-350P registered N379P was involved in an accident near Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 December 2008 at 01:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA)

Coordinates

43.5136, -112.0706

Aircraft

Piper PA-46-350P

Registration

N379P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Goodland → Idaho Falls

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

WPR09CA066

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident were the icy runway conditions and a snow bank.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he checked the weather information for the arrival airport during the execution of an instrument approach. He stated that the weather report indicated the winds to be light, and that the runway had been plowed and sanded but was covered with light snow and patchy ice. Just after touchdown the airplane began to drift to the left; the pilot then countered with the gradual application of right rudder. The airplane momentarily straightened out, but as the ground speed decreased, the airplane continued the left drift. The airplane then departed the runway and collided with a snow bank causing substantial damage to the firewall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.