# Incident 20011129034609I: Piper PA28*, Prescott, AZ, November 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2001, 15:42 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181PB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N181PB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28 (registry code 7102801, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 572 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011129034609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT FROM WINSLOW, AZ TO NEEDLES, CA. AT SEDONA, AZ, @ 11,000', AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS. THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO PRESCOTT, AZ WHERE THE PILOT RECEIVED A CLEARANCE FOR AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH. AT 9,000 OVER THE DRAKE VOR THE PILOT "BROKE OUT" OF IMC AND PROCEEDED TO THE FIGLO VISUALLY. ON SHORT FINAL, AT 30'-50' AGL, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED WINDSHEAR AND LANDED HARD ON THE RUNWAY. THIS DAMAGED THE MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR AND ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.

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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