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FAA accident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Huntsville, AL · September 1, 2000

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Date
September 1, 2000 · 14:00 local
Place
Huntsville, AL
Airport
Huntsville Airport North Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N223S
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA00LA261
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360E
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,448 total26 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days
N223SRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 2005 · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7970388 · Built 1979Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot induced hard landing which caused the a/c to bounce and porpoise. On the third bounce the nose gear collapsed. The force of the impact caused the nose gear aft frame support assembly to fracture and protrude vertically through the fuselage at the forward lower left and right windshiedl frame assembly. The forward fuselage area, starting at the nose to approx. three feet aft of the nose gear doors was scrapped and damaged as the a/c slid approx. 150 yards on the asphalt surface of the runway. Additionally, both propellors struck the runway surface (asphalt) and were curled inward from the tip to approx. 12 inches upward of the blade length. There were no noticeable compression to other airframe external structures, nor damage (visually detectable) to the left or right main landing gear components or structure. (.4)on September 1, 2000, about 1355 central daylight time, a Piper PA-34-200T, N223S, registered to royal sons inc. and operated to a private owner, was damaged during landing at madison county executive airport, meridianville, Alabama, while on a title 14 CFR part 91 personal flight. Visual meteor ological conditions prevailed at the time and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the private-rated pilot and three passengers were not injured. The flight last departed albany, Georgia, the same day about 1240. The pilot stated that he is a member of the royal sons, inc. flying club, and that the flying club had just purchased the aircraft. He was operating the aircraft as a personal flight. He last departed albany, Georgia, and his destination was madison county executive airport. The approach to runway 36 at madison county executive airport was normal. After the landing flare, the aircraft touched down on the main landing gear and then bounced. The aircraft touched down again, and again bounced. The aircraft then porpoised and touched down on the nose landing gear. The nose landing gear collapsed and the windshield cracked. He maneuvered the aircraft off the runway into the grass and stopped.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT INDUCED HARD LANDING WHICH CAUSED THE A/C TO BOUNCE AND PORPOISE. ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR AFT FRAME SUPPORT ASSEMBLY TO FRACTURE AND PROTRUDE VERTICALLY THROUGH THE FUSELAGE AT THE FORWARD LOWER LEFT AND RIGHT WINDSHIEDL FRAME ASSEMBLY. THE FORWARD FUSELAGE AREA, STARTING AT THE NOSE TO APPROX. THREE FEET AFT OF THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WAS SCRAPPED AND DAMAGED AS THE A/C SLID APPROX. 150 YARDS ON THE ASPHALT SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. ADDITIONALLY, BOTH PROPELLORS STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE (ASPHALT) AND WERE CURLED INWARD FROM THE TIP TO APPROX. 12 INCHES UPWARD OF THE BLADE LENGTH. THERE WERE NO NOTICEABLE COMPRESSION TO OTHER AIRFRAME EXTERNAL STRUCTURES, NOR DAMAGE (VISUALLY DETECTABLE) TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS OR STRUCTURE. (.4)ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2000, ABOUT 1355 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-34-200T, N223S, REGISTERED TO ROYAL SONS INC. AND OPERATED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, WAS DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT MADISON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, MERIDIANVILLE, ALABAMA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOR OLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT LAST DEPARTED ALBANY, GEORGIA, THE SAME DAY ABOUT 1240. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE IS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SONS, INC. FLYING CLUB, AND THAT THE FLYING CLUB HAD JUST PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT. HE WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. HE LAST DEPARTED ALBANY, GEORGIA, AND HIS DESTINATION WAS MADISON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36 AT MADISON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT WAS NORMAL. AFTER THE LANDING FLARE, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THEN BOUNCED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN, AND AGAIN BOUNCED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN PORPOISED AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED. HE MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND STOPPED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA00LA261Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMeridianville, ALthe pilot in command's improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in hard landing on the nose landing gear and collapse of the nose landing gear.Sep 1, 2000 · Substantial damage