Piper PA46R-350T accident near Rogers, Arkansas, September 25, 2020
On September 25, 2020 at about 10:30 pm local time, a 2014 Piper PA46R-350T, registered N920X, was substantially damaged in an accident during maneuvering near Rogers, Arkansas (Rogers Executive Airport - Car). It was an instructional flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot’s inadvertent loss of aircraft control, resulting in substantial damage to the airframe during the spin recovery.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 25, 2020 · about 10:30 pm local time
- Place
- Rogers, Arkansas · Rogers Executive Airport - Car · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Piper PA46R-350T, built 2014 · all PA46R-350Ts on the register
- Registration
- N920X · registry record · serial 4692206
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot reported that while practicing slow flight and approach-to-stall maneuvers at 5,500 ft msl with the landing gear and flaps fully extended, the stall warning horn sounded, and the airplane began buffeting. The pilot advanced the throttle and lowered the nose of the airplane to recover from the maneuver, when the right wing dropped, the airplane rolled over inverted, and subsequently entered a right spiral dive. The pilot reported that after 5 to 7 turns he regained control of the airplane leveling at 500 to 700 ft agl. The pilot returned to the airport and landed without further incident. Postaccident examination revealed the airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage above the left wing’s trailing edge, below and forward of the empennage, above the right horizontal stabilizer, and at the tail cone below the right and left horizontal stabilizers. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Loss of control in flight during maneuvering defining event
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Aircraft control › Pilot
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 868 hours in all; 855 in this make and model; 18 in the last 90 days; 3 in the last 30 days; 710 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 815.9 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, January 30, 2020; 30 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 4,358 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A (turboshaft); 0 hours total
- Operator: Coadmere INC
The flight
- Departed from: ROG Rogers AR at 10:00 pm
- Flight plan: VFR
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 270° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 60°F (16°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 5:00 pm from TOG, 10 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Other NTSB records under N920X the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN20LA430.