# Accident 20020308037619A: Piper PA46350P, Philadelphia, PA, March 8, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2002, 08:45 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0833° N, 75.0125° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0833&lon=-75.0125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117NU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117NU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 725 total, 50 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020308037619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TOO FAST ON LANDING, HIT THE RUNWAY WITH PROP AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND. HE THEN LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT, AND SLID SIDEWAYS ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT SLID IN THE GRASS AND BENT THE LANDING GEAR AND DESTROYED THE PROPELLER. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 NYC02LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA069), Mar 8, 2002: Piper P46T (N117NU), Philadelphia, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor was the pilot's failure to flare during initial touchdown.

## Other reports on N117NU (1)

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

- [Incident 20180111014259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180111014259I), Jan 11, 2018: Piper PA 46-350P (N117NU), Stockton, CA, Minor damage. On 1/11/2018 at 1639 local time, N117NU landed at the Stockton metropolitan airport with its landing gear in the up position. The aircraft landed on runway 29R…

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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