ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82874
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 November 2010 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N548C |
| MSN: | 4636322 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 761 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Destin, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | New Orleans, LA (NEW) |
| Destin, FL (DTS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The instrument-rated pilot was executing a night instrument approach when the airplane impacted the water. The published approach minimums for the area navigation/global positioning system approach were 460-foot ceiling and one-mile visibility. Recorded air traffic control voice and radar data indicated that prior to the approach the pilot had turned to an approximately 180-degree heading and appeared to be heading in the direction of another airport. The controller reassigned the pilot a heading in order to intercept the final approach. The airplane was located in the water approximately 5,000 feet from the runway threshold. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the left main landing gear was in the retracted position and the right main and nose landing gear were in the extended position. Examination of the left main landing gear actuator revealed no mechanical anomalies. The pilot had likely just commanded the landing gear to the down position and the landing gear was in transit. It is further possible that, as the gear was in transit, the airplane impacted the water in a left-wing and nose-down attitude and the left gear was forced to a gear-up position.
Probable Cause: Controlled flight into water due to the pilot's improper descent below the published minimum descent altitude.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
bild.de
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/destin-35175-disappears-landing.html
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N548C
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 August 2009 | N548C | 0 | Sanford, Florida | |
sub | |
| Gear collapse | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Nov-2010 02:48 | TB | Added |
| 25-Nov-2010 04:20 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Nov-2010 04:27 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 03-Jul-2012 11:32 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 18:38 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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