# Incident 20010822021879I: Piper PA28R180, New Castle, PA, August 22, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2001, 15:15 local time
- Place: New Castle, PA
- Airport: New Castle Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0253° N, 80.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CASTLE MUNI (UCP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0253&lon=-80.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4984J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4984J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 315 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010822021879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT, A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, DEPARTED THE NEW CASTLE (PA) MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH TWO PASSENGERS ABOARD. THE PILOT OCCUPIED THE RIGHT COCKPIT SEAT WHILE HIS FATHER, A RATED BUT REPORTEDLY NONCURRENT COMMERCIAL PILOT, SAT IN THE LEFT COCKPIT SEAT. AFTER PERFORMING ONE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WAS ESTABLISHED ON A BASE LEFT FOR RUNWAY 23 WHEN THE PILOT DIRECTED THE LEFT SEAT PASSENGER TO SWITCH THE FUEL TANK SETTING FROM THE RIGHT TANK SETTING TO THE LEFT TANK SETTING. AFTER THE PASSENGER COMPLETED THE SWITCH, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER. THE PIOT DIRECTED THE PASSENGER TO RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL RIGHT FUEL TANK SETTING, WHICH THE PASSENGER DID. THE POWER INCREASED SLIGHTLY BUT THE ENGINE THEN COMPLETELY STOPPED. DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GROUND, A RE-START COULD NOT BE SAFELY ACCOMPLISHED SO THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING. UPON LANDING ROLLOUT INTO A HAYFIELD, THE RIGHT WING CAME IN CONTACT WITH A LARGE HAY BALE WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO IMMEDIATELY PIVOT ALMOST NINETY DEGREES TO ITS RIGHT. THE SIDEWARD MOVEMENT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, BOTH FLAPS, RIGHT WING, AND RIGHT SIDEFUSELAGE. THE PILOT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ATTEMPTED A START AT THE INCIDENT SITE. THE ABOVE NARRATIVE RESULTED FROM A FACE TO FACE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT IDENTIFIED IN ITEM 31 OF THIS FORM. THE INTERVIEW TOOK PLACE AT THE NEW CASTLE AIRPORT, NEW CASTLE, PA, AT 1132 HOURS ON AUGUST 23, 2001. SUBMISSION OF THIS FORM CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N4984J (1)

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

- [Incident 20140407005979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140407005979I), Apr 7, 2014: Piper PA-28R-180 (N4984J), New Castle, PA, Minor damage. On April 7, 2014, N4984J, a Piper arrow landed short of runway 13 at kucp. The instructor stated that the flight was a training flight in which he and the…

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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