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A PA46 pilot reports attempting to land in a strong crosswind on an icy runway and loses control. A runway excursion occurs and the nose gear collapses.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1239134 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201502 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-46 Malibu/Malibu Mirage/Malibu Matrix |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 700 Flight Crew Type 245 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
While performing a visual landing; at an uncontrolled airport; winds from north 350 @ 15 gusting 20.performed cross wind landing with left gear touching down first. Gust blew left wing back up; right main landing gear then contacted ground. Began to lose directional control.breaking conditions poor; ice on runway. Plane skidded off runway to the left into grass. Nose gear collapse and propeller strike ensued. No property damage. No injuries to pilot or 1 passenger. Both walked to FBO. FBO towned plane to maintenance hangar following incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PA46 pilot reports attempting to land in a strong crosswind on an icy runway and loses control. A runway excursion occurs and the nose gear collapses.
Narrative: WHILE PERFORMING A VISUAL LANDING; AT AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT; WINDS FROM NORTH 350 @ 15 GUSTING 20.PERFORMED CROSS WIND LANDING WITH LEFT GEAR TOUCHING DOWN FIRST. GUST BLEW LEFT WING BACK UP; RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR THEN CONTACTED GROUND. BEGAN TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.BREAKING CONDITIONS POOR; ICE ON RUNWAY. PLANE SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY TO THE LEFT INTO GRASS. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AND PROP STRIKE ENSUED. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR 1 PASSENGER. BOTH WALKED TO FBO. FBO TOWNED PLANE TO MAINTENANCE HANGAR FOLLOWING INCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.