# Incident 19970226004619I: Piper PA28181, White Plains, NY, February 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1997, 08:50 local time
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Airport: Westchester County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0670° N, 73.7076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0670&lon=-73.7076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8441H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8441H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 84 total, 3 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970226004619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFAT N8441H, PILOTED BY RON CAMAROTA, DEPARTED NEW GARDEN (N57), PA, AT ABOUT 0800 EST ON 02/26/97, AND ARRIVED AT WESTCHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT (HPN), NY, AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 EST ON THE SAME DAY. AN APPROACH WAS MADE TO RWY 16 WITH WINDS OUT OF 240 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS (ALMOST A DIRECT CROSS WIND FROM THE RIGHT). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED FIRMLY, BOUNCED AND BECAME AIRBORNE. THE WIND WAS TAKING IT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SO THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TWO SIGNS ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. ON THE SUBSEQUENT APPROACH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS AREA NEXT TO RWY 16, BETWEEN TAXIWAYS D AND F. THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT. POOR PILOT TECHNIQUE FOR CROSSWIND LANDING WAS THE APPARENT CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N8441H (1)

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

- [Incident 19840826055979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840826055979I), Aug 26, 1984: Piper PA28181 (N8441H), Toughkenamon, PA, Minor damage. Landed long demonstrating an emergency landing. Ran off the departure end of the runway.

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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