Piper PA 46-350P N350AR

Summary

On 11 February 2014 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA 46-350P registered N350AR was involved in an accident near Marion, Iowa, United States. 2 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

11 February 2014 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Marion, Iowa, United States

Nearest airport

Marion Airport (C17)

Coordinates

42.0294, -91.5805

Aircraft

Piper PA 46-350P

Registration

N350AR

Category

Airplane

Year built

1990

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Meyers → Marion

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CEN14LA138

Nobody was injured.

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

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

Read the full 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.