# Incident 19940423016769I: Piper PA28161, Ellington, CT, April 23, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1994, 14:55 local time
- Place: Ellington, CT
- Airport: Ellington Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NOAA
- Location: 41.9254° N, 72.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (7B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9254&lon=-72.4571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2973Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2973Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940423016769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ON RECURRENCY CHECKOUT. MADE A HARD LANDING. MAIN GEAR DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N2973Y (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19971113044359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971113044359A), Nov 13, 1997: Piper PA28161 (N2973Y), Pittstown, NJ, Substantial damage. Landed long. Steered off runway into sod to prevent an overrun. Sheared nose gear on a rock, ran thru a fence.
- [Accident 19810910059349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810910059349A), Sep 10, 1981: Piper PA28161 (N2973Y), Northampton, MA, Substantial damage. Too low on final. Right main gear struck a log short of runway. Impact folded gear aft. Ground-looped on runwa.

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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