# Accident 19920707024019A: Piper PA32300, Granbury, TX, July 7, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1992, 21:52 local time
- Place: Granbury, TX
- Airport: Granbury Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4401° N, 97.7808° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4401&lon=-97.7808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4046R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4046R-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 130 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW92LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA175) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920707024019A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOUNCED AND PORPOISED AFTER LANDING ON NOSE GEAR. IMPACT DROVE MAIN GEAR STRUTS THRU WINGS. HAD PRACTICE FULL LOAD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW92LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA175), Jul 8, 1992: Piper PA-32-300 (N4046R), Granbury, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE DURING LANDING AND HIS IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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