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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD · Harrisburg, PA · August 26, 1996

Date: August 26, 1996 · 15:15 local
Place: Harrisburg, PA
Airport: Capital City
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N5543T
Reported as: Socata TB20TRINIDAD
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540C4D5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 80 total50 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N5543TRegistered now · Socata TB-20 TRINIDADS/N 1233 · Built 1991 Airframe modelSocata TB-20 TRINIDAD Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on August 26, 1996, at 1515 hours, an aerospatiale TB20, N5543T, registered to dale smith, york, PA, experienced damage to the aircraft while landing at Capital City Airport (cxy). Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage to the nose gear, nose cowl, propeller, and engine. The pilot was not injured. The flight originated at thomasville (thv) on 08-26-96 at approximately 1400 hours. The student pilot was making an approach to land at cxy. The approach was normal, 85 KTS over the fence. The student pilot flared too soon, the aircraft ballooned and yawed to the right. The student pilot over-corrected with left rudder and the aircraft touched down with excessive correction and veered off to the left of runway 30. Upon entering the grass, the nose gear folded and the nose impacted the ground. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 26, 1996, AT 1515 HOURS, AN AEROSPATIALE TB20, N5543T, REGISTERED TO DALE SMITH, YORK, PA, EXPERIENCED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WHILE LANDING AT CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT (CXY). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, NOSE COWL, PROPELLER, AND ENGINE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THOMASVILLE (THV) ON 08-26-96 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS MAKING AN APPROACH TO LAND AT CXY. THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL, 85 KTS OVER THE FENCE. THE STUDENT PILOT FLARED TOO SOON, THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED AND YAWED TO THE RIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT OVER-CORRECTED WITH LEFT RUDDER AND THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH EXCESSIVE CORRECTION AND VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 30. UPON ENTERING THE GRASS, THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED AND THE NOSE IMPACTED THE GROUND. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.