Piper PA46 N178DB
28 August 2018 · Hartford, Connecticut, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 August 2018 at about 13:30 local time, a Piper PA46 registered N178DB, operated by Prm Enterprises Inc, was involved in an accident near Hartford, Connecticut, United States. 4 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.
The record
- Date
- at 13:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- Nearest airport
- Hartford-Brainard (HFD)
- Coordinates
- 41.7375, -72.6486
- Aircraft
- Piper PA46
- Registration
- N178DB
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2002
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Prm Enterprises Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Manchester → Hartford
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA18CA529
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s unstabilized approach and hard landing, which resulted in a nose landing gear collapse.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that, during the approach, the tower controller instructed him to stay "high and close." Once he turned to final, he reduced the power, and the airplane began rapidly descending. He added that he applied some power and back pressure to arrest the descent rate as he began to flare, but the airplane landed hard and faster than normal. As the nose landing gear touched down, he applied reverse thrust and braked aggressively. Subsequently, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest on the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and engine mount. The pilot reported that postaccident examination revealed that a nose landing gear actuator bolt had sheared off. The pilot reported that the primary cause of the accident was his failure to maintain a stabilized approach, which resulted in a hard landing and higher-than-normal ground speed upon touchdown.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Dec 2018 | Piper PA46 | Mayport, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2018 | Cessna 172 | Danbury, Connecticut, United States | Parlu Ventures LLC. | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 2018 | Piper PA 28-140 | Hartford, Connecticut, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Oct 2018 | Piper PA28 | Simsbury, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Jun 2018 | Beechcraft V35B | Chester, Connecticut, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 27 Jan 2018 | Piper PA28 | Meriden, Connecticut, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |