Piper PA46 N4161X

Summary

On 30 December 2018 at about 23:53 local time, a Piper PA46 registered N4161X was involved in an accident near San Diego, California, 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.

Date

30 December 2018 at 23:53

Classification

Accident

Location

San Diego, California, United States

Nearest airport

Montgomer-Gibbs Executive Airp (KMYF)

Coordinates

32.8158, -117.1394

Aircraft

Piper PA46

Registration

N4161X

Category

Airplane

Year built

1999

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Diego → San Diego

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR19LA060

Nobody was injured.

Loss of directional control during the landing roll for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the airplane began to pull to the left shortly after touchdown. He applied corrective control inputs, but the airplane continued to veer left and departed the runway, and the main landing gear collapsed. Examination did not reveal any anomalies with the steering system that would have precluded normal operation, and all appropriate service bulletins had been complied with. The nose gear actuator had detached at an area on the airframe that was prone to fatigue failure; however, examination of the actuator assembly revealed that it had detached during an overload event, likely from the impact as the airplane departed the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.