Monday, January 03, 2022

Piper PA-46-500TP Malibu Meridian, N619TK: Incident occurred January 02, 2022 at Scottsdale Airport (KSDL), Maricopa County, Arizona

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Scottsdale, Arizona

Aircraft on landing veered to the right and over corrected going off the runway into the rocks. 

Blue Sky Aviation Investments LLC 


Date: 02-JAN-22
Time: 17:16:00Z
Regis#: N619TK
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA46
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation: 91
City: SCOTTSDALE
State: ARIZONA

2 comments:

  1. The turbine Malibu has a "short wheelbase" tricycle gear footprint. While manageable, one has to be more careful than in other similar sized aircraft, twins specifically, with a longer distance from the nose gear to the mains. It is very easy to over control one of these in steering correction on landing rollout if not on top of it, especially on a crosswind landing.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Try as they might with strict nose wheel tire pressure and mechanism alignments, still happening a lot. Being grandfathered from the piston version precluded adding a locked straight ahead capability at touchdown that remains until speeds drops below a specified limit.

      Delete