# Accident 20000330040059A: Piper PA32R301, East Haddam, CT, March 30, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2000, 15:45 local time
- Place: East Haddam, CT
- Airport: Goodspeed Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4457° N, 72.4556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOODSPEED (42B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4457&lon=-72.4556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8041B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8041B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,261 total, 16 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000330040059A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON MARCH 30, 2000, ABOUT 1545 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-32R-301, N8041B, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT THE GOODSPEED AIRPORT (42B), EAST HADDAM, CONNECTICUT. THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI), AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT RULES FIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED FROM IGOR I SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT, BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO THE PRIVATE PILOT, A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW WAS BEING CONDUCTED, WHICH WAS TO INCLUDE A SHORT FIELD LANDING. THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN TO 42B TO CONDUCT THE SHORT FIELD LANDING AND THE PRIVATE PILOT HAD EXPECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 14, BECAUSE THE WINDS HAD BEEN FROM A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. AFTER FLYING OVER THE AIRPORT, THE WINDSOCK WAS OBSERVED TO FAVOR RUNWAY 32. WHILE ON FINAL TO RUNWAY 32, THE AIRPLANE PASSED OVER TREES AND BEGAN TO SINK. UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE SINK WITH POWER, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD ABOUT 60 FEET PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND COLLAPSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED ONTO THE RUNWAY, VEERED TO THE LEFT, AND BACK ONTO THE GRASS, COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE WINDS REPORTED AT AN AIRPORT 17 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF 42B, AT 1556, WERE FROM 330 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS. (-23) DURING A BFR, OWNER/PILOT ATTEMPTED A SHORT FIELD LANDING AT GOODSPEED AIRPORT, EAST HADDAM, CT. PILOT LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 32, PROCEEDED ONTO RUNWAY, SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 300-400 FEET BEFORE EXITING RUNWAY TO THE WEST SIDE ONTO THE GRASS AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE RUNWAY. ALL THREE GEAR SNAPPED, RIGHT MAIN INBOARD AND NOSE AND LEFT MAIN OUTBOARD. PILOT STATED THAT THE WIND WAS GUSTING AND HE SANK TOWARD THE RUNWAY AS HE ADDED POWER TO ARREST THE SINK. PROPELLER BLADE WAS BURIED IN THE GROUND AND DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC00LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA111), Mar 30, 2000: Piper PA-32R-301 (N8041B), East Haddam, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The private pilots failure to obtain the proper touchdown point and the CFI's delay in remedial action.

## Other reports on N8041B (1)

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

- [Incident 20171203022599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171203022599I), Dec 3, 2017: Piper PA-32R-301 (N8041B), Plainville, CT, Minor damage. Pilot and passenger departed block island (kbid) en-route back to home base, Robertson airport (4B8) with ATC flight following in VMC conditions. Pilot stated…

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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