| Crash location | 30.354444°N, 97.990000°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Austin, TX
30.267153°N, 97.743061°W 15.9 miles away |
| Tail number | N106LB |
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| Accident date | 20 Aug 2010 |
| Aircraft type | Piper PA-46-310P |
| Additional details: | None |
The private pilot reported that he was distracted by his passenger, who was seated in the back of his single-engine, turbo-prop equipped airplane, and landed on a runway with an 18 knot tailwind. The pilot was unable to slow down and attempted to abort the landing by abruptly applying full power to go around. The pilot said he pushed the throttle in too fast and got no power. he said he realized he had "flooded the engine." The pilot then maneuvered the airplane away from approaching obstacles at the end of the runway and then went off the runway, and crossed a ditch on to a golf course before coming to a stop. The airplane sustained structural damage to the left wing. The left main landing gear and propeller were also damaged. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.
The pilot's failure to maintain a stabilized approach, which resulted in a loss of control on landing with a tailwind.