Piper PA-42 Cheyenne crash, Dec 13, 2022, Lewistown
Piper PA-42 Cheyenne accident on December 13, 2022 near Lewistown, Montana, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare...
- Date: December 13, 2022
- Aircraft: Piper PA-42 Cheyenne
- Location: Lewistown, Montana, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare resulted in a hard landing. Contributing: the out of service visual glideslope indicator and snow obscuring the runway markings (NTSB).
A Babin Air Piper Cheyenne landed hard about 800 feet short of the usable runway at Lewistown, Montana, in light snow, blowing a main tire and striking the runway with its propeller. All four aboard survived. The NTSB cited an improper flare, with an inoperative visual glideslope indicator and snow covering the runway markings contributing.