Monday, February 09, 2026

Piper PA-46-310P Malibu, N9080X, incident occurred on February 8, 2026, at Elkhart Municipal Airport (EKM/KEKM), Elkhart, Indiana

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N9080X

- History of Flight:
On February 8, 2026, at about 1636 local time, a Piper PA-46-310P Malibu, N9080X, registered to Non-TS Travel LLC out of Roseville, MN, sustained unknown damage when it was involved in an incident at Elkhart Municipal Airport (EKM/KEKM), Elkhart, Indiana. The pilot was not injured. The flight originated from the Minneapolis-Anoka County-Blaine Airport/Janes Field Airport (ANE/KANE), Minneapolis, Minnesota, at 1435 LT, and was destined to EKM.

The FAA reported: "Aircraft landed in the snow parallel to the runway." ADS-B data show that the airplane was on final approach to runway 18 (asphalt, grooved 3999 x 75 ft) at KEKM (see figure).

Figure 1: ADS-B exchange end of track

- Weather:

METAR KEKM 082115Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM CLR M05/M11 A3034 RMK AO2 T10541111 $

METAR KEKM 082135Z AUTO 10009KT 10SM CLR M05/M11 A3034 RMK AO2 T10541113 $

METAR KEKM 082155Z AUTO 12008KT 10SM CLR M05/M12 A3033 RMK AO2 T10541115 $

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