# Incident 19960427021839I: Piper PA28140, Huntsville, AL, April 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Moontown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7474° N, 86.4610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOONTOWN (3M5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7474&lon=-86.4610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7127R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7127R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960427021839I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE STUDENT PILOT, DONNA BUNDRICK, DD15477643, ON FINAL FOR LANDING WAS DISTRACTED BY GLIDER ACTIVITY, LANDED HARD, BOUNCED AND PORPOISED RESULTING IN A PRO STRIKE THAT BROKE THE ENGINE MOUNTS. ENGINE AND PROPELLER REPLACED.

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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