# Incident 19990804029299I: Piper PA38112, Galliano, LA, August 4, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1999, 13:15 local time
- Place: Galliano, LA
- Airport: South Lafourche Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4459° N, 90.3077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galliano, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4459&lon=-90.3077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9792T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9792T-2014-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 484 total, 200 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990804029299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. DUCOURNAU DAMAGED HIS PA-38 WHILE PRACTICING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. AFTER THREE NORMAL PATTERNS THE PILOT CHANGED RUNWAYS WITH NON-STANDARD AND NON-STABLIZED APPROACH THAT RESULTED IN A HIGH SINK RATE AND NOSE LOW STALL LANDING WHICH DAMAGED THE NOSE GEAR.  THIS INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED AND BECAME KNOWN TO THE OFFICE BY A REPORT FROM THE LOCAL PILOT COMMUNITY.  PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT PROVIDED THE BASIS FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE MISHAP AS AN INCIDENT.  THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANNED, INITIATED, AND COMPLETED WAS A SUCCESSFUL 44709 RE-EXAMINATION.  THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT AND DAMAGE WAS A PILOT INDUCED HARD LANDING WHICH RESULTED FROM A FAULTY APPROACH.

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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