Piper PA-46-600TP N131HL

Summary

On 4 March 2023 at about 20:37 local time, a Piper PA-46-600TP registered N131HL, operated by Midwest Partitions Flight Services LLC, was involved in an accident near Thedford, Nebraska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

4 March 2023 at 20:37

Classification

Accident

Location

Thedford, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Thomas County (TIF)

Coordinates

41.9629, -100.5707

Aircraft

Piper PA-46-600TP

Registration

N131HL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Midwest Partitions Flight Services LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN23LA137

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On March 4, 2023, about 1437 central standard time, a Piper PA46-600TP, N131HL, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Thedford, Nebraska. The pilot and passenger were uninjured. The airplane was being operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that during landing, when the nose wheel made contact with the runway, the airplane began to veer right. He attempted to use left rudder and brake to keep the airplane on the runway, but as the airspeed decreased, directional control became harder to maintain and the airplane subsequently departed the right side of the runway. During the runway excursion, the airplane impacted a runway light, spun left and the landing gear collapsed. During a postaccident examination, it was determined that the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. A detailed examination is pending.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.