Piper PA-46-310P N13PC

Summary

On 10 June 2013 at about 14:30 local time, a Piper PA-46-310P registered N13PC, operated by Chris Brown, was involved in an accident near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. One person was 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

10 June 2013 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Wiley Post Airport (PWA)

Coordinates

35.5342, -97.6469

Aircraft

Piper PA-46-310P

Registration

N13PC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Chris Brown

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

McKinney → Oklahoma City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13LA332

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that, during the crosswind leg of the traffic pattern for the landing, he asked an air traffic controller for wind information. The air traffic controller reported that the wind was 200 degrees at 15 knots. The pilot reported that, during touchdown, the airplane encountered a "severe" gust of wind. In response, he corrected right, and, once the gust past, he corrected left. Subsequently, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway and into the grass. The airplane's track marks indicated that its nose gear struck a ground-level concrete pad, collapsed, and subsequently struck a precision approach path indicator light, which resulted in substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot reported no preimpact malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.