Piper PA-46-500TP N184RB

Summary

On 14 January 2007 at about 23:25 local time, a Piper PA-46-500TP registered N184RB was involved in an accident near Tampa, Florida, 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

14 January 2007 at 23:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Tampa, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Tampa International Airport (KTPA)

Coordinates

27.9756, -82.5331

Aircraft

Piper PA-46-500TP

Registration

N184RB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boca Raton → Tampa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

MIA07LA038

Nobody was injured.

The inadequate design of the engine mount by the manufacturer, resulting in fatigue failure at the actuator attach foot and partial collapse of the nose landing gear.

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

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Following a normal touchdown, the right forward support tube on the nose acutuator attach foot failed due to a fatigue crack at the weld joint. The airplane veered to the right causing overstress fracture of the left forward support tube on the nose actuator attach foot, and partial collapse of the nose landing gear. The pilot stopped the airplane on the runway. Service bulletin (SB) 1154A, which was prepared by the airplane manufacturer due to previous failures of the engine mount at the actuator attach foot attach point had been performed 63.9 hours earlier. The SB requires repetitive inspections every 100 hours time in service unless a newly designed engine mount was installed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.