# Accident 20021009025879A: Piper PA28R200, Cullman, AL, October 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Cullman, AL
- Airport: Folsom Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1706° N, 86.8298° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1706&lon=-86.8298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22DB-2014-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021009025879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT FLARED FOR LANDING TOO HIGH. INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER CONTROLS, ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER, LOST CONTROL, HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT, AND IMPACTED IN GULLY ADJACENT TO PARKED AIRCRAFT. (.19) ON OCTOBER 9, 2002, ABOUT 1630 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28R-200, N22DB, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY AN INDIVIDUAL, IMPACTED WITH A PARKED AIRPLANE AT THE CULLMAN AIRPORT, CULLMAN, ALABAMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT-IN-COMMAND/CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI), PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER REPORTED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE SAME AIRPORT AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. DURING A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING WITH THE STUDENT AT THE CONTROLS, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON RUNWAY 02, SKIDDED, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A PARKED AIRPLANE WITH THE LEFT WING, AND WENT DOWN INTO A GULLY. THE CFI SAID AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, ADDED POWER TO THE ENGINE, BUT COULD NOT MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 MIA03LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA004), Oct 9, 2002: Piper PA-28R-200 (N22DB), Cullman, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot-in-command's (CFI) delayed remedial action, and improper recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in a hard landing, and impact with a parked airplane.

## Other reports on N22DB (1)

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

- [Accident 19730818024899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730818024899A), Aug 18, 1973: Piper PA28R200 (N22DB), Brevard, NC, Substantial damage. L wing hit tall weeds acft swung l into newly built up rwy.

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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