# Incident 20010930026579I: Piper PA28140, Defiance, OH, September 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2001, 18:00 local time
- Place: Defiance, OH
- Airport: Defiance Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3375° N, 84.4288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEFIANCE MEML (DFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3375&lon=-84.4288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43348, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43348) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Pilot flight hours: 535 total, 100 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010930026579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 12. PILOT REPORTED IT HAD A HIGH AIRSPEED. AS PILOT BEGAN FLARE-OUT, AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY AT A HIGH SINK RATE. AIRCRAFT MADE HARD CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. A TOTAL OF THREE BOUNCES OCCURRED, DURING WHICH TIME PILOT REPORTED HEARING A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT. AFTER THE THIRD BOUNCE, ENGINE POWER WAS APPLIED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR ANOTHER LANDING ATTEMPT. A NORMAL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON INVESTIGATION AFTER ENGINE SHUT-DOWN, PILOT DISCOVERED THAT PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT, NOSE WHEEL WAS TILTED, AND TWO ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BROKEN WITH A THIRD BENT.

## Other reports on N43348 (1)

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

- [Incident 20000722027719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000722027719I), Jul 22, 2000: Piper PA28140 (N43348), Adrian, MI, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot attempted takeoff on runway 23 at Adrian, MI. According to the pilot, the aircraft reached an altitude 50-100 feet and then began to descend. 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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