# Incident 19970620022109I: Piper PA28R200, Washington, PA, June 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1997, 09:15 local time
- Place: Washington, PA
- Airport: Washington County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1365° N, 80.2902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WASHINGTON COUNTY (AFJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1365&lon=-80.2902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5069S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5069S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 338 total, 109 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970620022109I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED: PREFLIGHT CHECKS AND RUNUP WERE NORMAL,TAKE OFF RUN AND CLIMBOUT ALSO WERE NORMAL. AFTER TURNING SE FROM RUNWAY HEADING (27) AND ACHIEVING 2100 MSL, PILOT CONTACTED PGH FOR CLEARANCE TO AGC TO SHOOT MULTIPLE APPROACHES. SECONDS AFTER RECEIVING A TRANSPONDER CODE, THE ENGINE QUIT. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART WERE UNSUCCESSFUL SO AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO AFJ WAS MADE. IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE FIELD, PILOT HELD THE GEAR UP UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT AND UPON CONTACTING THE GRASS SHORT OF THE PAVED RUNWAY, THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED AND HE SKIDDED AND STOPPED PARTIALLY ON THE SE PORTION OF THE RUNWAY. THE ABOVE TO THE BEST OF THE PILOT'S MEMORY.

## Other reports on N5069S (1)

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

- [Incident 19890602038739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890602038739I), Jun 2, 1989: Piper PA28R200 (N5069S), Wheeling, WV, Minor damage. Hard landing on left gear in crosswind. Next day preflight showed damage to attach points.

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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