Piaggio P.180 N141JT

Summary

On 18 December 2017 at about 13:45 local time, a Piaggio P.180 registered N141JT was involved in an accident near Georgetown, Texas, 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

18 December 2017 at 13:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Georgetown, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Georgetown Municipal (KGTU)

Coordinates

30.6783, -97.4000

Aircraft

Piaggio P.180

Registration

N141JT

Category

Airplane

Year built

2007

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dallas → Georgetown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN18CA058

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing and the right main landing gear collapsing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said he was flying the RNAV GPS runway 36 approach in 3 miles visibility and that the wind was from 070° at 9 knots. He sighted the runway at 50 ft above the missed approach point. He said the airplane was slightly right of the runway centerline and that there was a right crosswind. When the right main landing gear (MLG) contacted the runway, it collapsed. The airplane then exited the right side of the runway onto the grass median about 1,000 ft from the end of the runway, and the airplane then came to a stop and the right main landing gear (MLG) to collapse. Examination of the accident site revealed that the airplane had landed hard, which resulted in the right MLG collapsing. Examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have resulted in the landing gear collapse. 

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.