# Incident 19970321012939I: Piper PA23250, Mansfield, OH, March 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1997, 11:55 local time
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8214° N, 82.5166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL (MFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8214&lon=-82.5166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11PZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11PZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 495 total, 12 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/19970321012939I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT WAS EXECUTING A GO-AROUND ON RUNWAY 32 AT MANSFIELD, OHIO (MFD). THE PILOT STATED, AS HE ARRIVED AT THE MDA AND CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY 32, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A HIGH SINK RATE. THE PILOT HEARD A PING, PING, PING SOUND. HE APPLIED POWER, MAINTAINED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND 110 KTS IAS PULLED THE NOSE UP AND THEN DEPARTED THE AREA FOR HIS HOME BASE, LORAIN COUNTY AIRPORT (22G). UPON COMPLETION OF THE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPELLERS OF BOTH ENGINES STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE PROPS WERE BENT APPROXIMATELY 2" ON ALL THE BLADES OF THE PROPELLER.

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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