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FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Middlesboro, KY · September 3, 1999

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Date
September 3, 1999 · 19:40 local
Place
Middlesboro, KY
Airport
Middlesboro-Bell County Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N78RK
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,068 total708 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days
N78RKRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2010 · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7870333 · Built 1978Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On September 3, 1999, at approximately 1940 EDT, a Piper PA-34-200T, N78RK, sustained minor damage as a result of a hard landing at the Middlesboro-Bell County Airport, Middlesboro, KY. The airplane was operated under day VFR, 14 CFR 91, by an appropriately rated commercial pilot. The flight originated from knoxville, TN, with one passenger aboard. The pilot stated to the FAA iic that he was approaching to land on runway 28 into a bright sunset. The pilot stated that he had difficulty seeing the runway thus, landed short of the runway on the nose wheel first. The nose landing gear collapsed on impact. The aircraft then slid about 200 feet before coming to a rest on the runway. Damage was contained to the underside of the nose cone, nose gear, and both engine propellers. There was no post crach fire, or injuries to the pilot and passenger. Weather conditions at london, KY, twenty-five miles northeast of Middlesboro, indicated winds northeast at 5 knots, visibility 10 miles, and no ceiling. Nothing follows.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1940 EDT, A PIPER PA-34-200T, N78RK, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF A HARD LANDING AT THE MIDDLESBORO-BELL COUNTY AIRPORT, MIDDLESBORO, KY. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED UNDER DAY VFR, 14 CFR 91, BY AN APPROPRIATELY RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KNOXVILLE, TN, WITH ONE PASSENGER ABOARD. THE PILOT STATED TO THE FAA IIC THAT HE WAS APPROACHING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28 INTO A BRIGHT SUNSET. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD DIFFICULTY SEEING THE RUNWAY THUS, LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON THE NOSE WHEEL FIRST. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLID ABOUT 200 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A REST ON THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE WAS CONTAINED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE CONE, NOSE GEAR, AND BOTH ENGINE PROPELLERS. THERE WAS NO POST CRACH FIRE, OR INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT LONDON, KY, TWENTY-FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF MIDDLESBORO, INDICATED WINDS NORTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 MILES, AND NO CEILING. NOTHING FOLLOWS.