# Incident 19960826027969I: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Harrisburg, PA, August 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1996, 15:15 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2171° N, 76.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (CXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2171&lon=-76.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5543T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5543T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4D5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960826027969I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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