# Incident 19960806021089I: Piper PA28236, Sterling, PA, August 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1996, 22:30 local time
- Place: Sterling, PA
- Airport: Spring Hill Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8211V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8211V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960806021089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING A NIGHT LANDING AT SPRING HILL AIRPORT, STERLING, PA (70N), THE PILOT RAN OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 5 CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED DUE TO VERY ROUGH SURFACE CONDITIONS (BUMPS), COMBINED WITH A DOWN HILL RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP SHORT OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND OVERRAN THE RUNWAY BY A FEW FEET CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND NOSE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N8211V (2)

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

- [Accident 19940123048609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940123048609A), Jan 23, 1994: Piper PA28236 (N8211V), Bennington, VT, Substantial damage. Landed on known nil braking action on icy runway. Slid off into a snowbank. Failed timely go around.
- [Incident 19841208072149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841208072149I), Dec 8, 1984: Piper PA28236 (N8211V), Easthampton, NY, Minor damage. After flare out, landed nose wheel first. Porpoised and nose wheel broke off.

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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