# Accident 19960807029789A: Piper PA28140, Rensslaer, IN, August 7, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1996, 11:00 local time
- Place: Rensslaer, IN
- Airport: Jasper County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9304° N, 87.1396° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9304&lon=-87.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44245, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44245) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 11 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA283) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960807029789A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON HARD LANDING. STOPPED OFF RUNWAY. RETURNED TO BASE. PROP, NOSE GEAR, FIRE WALL DAMAGED. WINGS WRINKLED. (-23) ON AUGUST 7, 1996, AT 1100 CDT, A PIPER PA-28-140, N44245, REGISTERED TO BEENE, CHARLES W. DBA, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^            WITH STUDENT PILOT TRICIA L. RICHARDSON, ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT RENSSELAIR, INDIANA (RZL). MS. RICHARDSON, THE ONLY OCCUPANT, WAS ENROUTE FROM KOKOMO, INDIANA ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. VFR METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE HARD LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT BOUNCES BEFORE COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS BESIDE THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE KOKOMO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (OKK), ON AUGUST 7, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 CDT. AFTER COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS THE PILOT TAXIED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. SHE LATER FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO OKK.

## 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 CHI96LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA283), Aug 7, 1996: Piper PA-28-140 (N44245), Rensselaer, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N44245 (3)

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

- [Accident 20210802012349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210802012349A), Aug 2, 2021: Piper PA-28-140 (N44245), Tubac, AZ, Substantial damage. On 2 August, 2021 around 0945 local time a cherokee 140 made an off airport landing into a field a couple miles NE of Tubac outside of nogales, Arizona. Pilot…
- [Accident 19800723027449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800723027449A), Jul 23, 1980: Piper PA28140 (N44245), Peru, ID, Substantial damage. Engine stopped on final approach for runway. Aircraft touched down short of runway. Fuel strainer found loose.
- [Incident 19780731044589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780731044589I), Jul 31, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N44245), Madison, WI. Forced landing due to fuel exhaustion. Quick drain sump on the right side was opened by bird strike.

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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