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PA46 pilot reports landing short of the runway during a night visual approach to an unlighted runway. A short field landing was planned for the 2700 foot runway with a strong crosswind; but the aircraft settled earlier than expected.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1257430 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201504 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | 7M6.Airport |
| State Reference | AR |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-46 Malibu/Malibu Mirage/Malibu Matrix |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 2000 Flight Crew Type 800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Landed short at night. About 25 feet short of runway. 2700 feet x 60 feet runway. No lights in vicinity or airport. I know of 2 trees in approach path that cannot be seen at night directly in line with the runway. In my opinion they need to be removed. Not a direct factor in this case.airspeed was good for the short field approach which I have made many times and several times at night in last few weeks. I pulled throttle as I normally do when I am about to cross the threshold. But for some reason last night we settled quickly; not sure why. Winds aloft even at 1000 feet were cross runway at over 20 knots. I don't recall exact surface winds but they favored runway 21. I had just landed prior to that for a fuel stop.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA46 pilot reports landing short of the runway during a night visual approach to an unlighted runway. A short field landing was planned for the 2700 foot runway with a strong crosswind; but the aircraft settled earlier than expected.
Narrative: Landed short at night. About 25 feet short of runway. 2700 feet x 60 feet runway. No lights in vicinity or airport. I know of 2 trees in approach path that cannot be seen at night directly in line with the runway. In my opinion they need to be removed. Not a direct factor in this case.Airspeed was good for the short field approach which I have made many times and several times at night in last few weeks. I pulled throttle as I normally do when I am about to cross the threshold. But for some reason last night we settled quickly; not sure why. Winds aloft even at 1000 feet were cross runway at over 20 knots. I don't recall exact surface winds but they favored Runway 21. I had just landed prior to that for a fuel stop.
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.