# Incident 20030115000899I: Piper PA28181, Great Barringto, MA, January 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2003, 13:30 local time
- Place: Great Barringto, MA
- Airport: Great Barrington Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1842° N, 73.4032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT BARRINGTON (GBR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1842&lon=-73.4032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4497X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4497X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,760 total, 458 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/20030115000899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 15, 2003, AT 13:30 HOURS, N4497X A PIPER PA 28-181 HIT A SNOW BANK WHILE ON AN ABORTED LOW APPROACH TO RUNWAY 29 AT GREAT BARRINGTON, MA. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAD BRIEFED HIS STUDENT ON MAKING A LOW APPROACH TO RUNWAY 29. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED RUNWAY 29 THE STUDENT GOT BEHIND CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT WHICH RESULTED IN A SLOW AND LOW CONFIGURATION. THE INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO GO AROUND AT WHICH TIME THE STUDENT HESITATED AND RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SINK RAPIDLY. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ADVANCED THE THROTTLE TO FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT REGAINED FLYING SPEED BUT NOT BEFORE CONTACTING THE SNOW BANK AT THE EDGE OF RUNWAY 29. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FLYING AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WITH ITS LEFT LANDING GEAR OLEO STRUT AND WHEEL HANGING BY A BRAKE HOSE. THE IMPACT WITH THE SNOW BANK CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HOUSING TO CRACK ALLOWING THE OLEO STRUT TO SEPARATE FROM IT'S HOUSING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 29 WITH DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT HOUSING AND THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE LEFT FLAP.

## Other reports on N4497X (4)

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

- [Incident 20241126019009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241126019009I), Nov 26, 2024: Piper PA-28-181 (N4497X), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft fuel selector was inadvertantly placed to the off position by the student pilot on approach to landing. Aircraft engine shut down. CFI took the…
- [Incident 20220626011439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220626011439I), Jun 26, 2022: Piper PA-28-181 (N4497X), College Station, TX, Minor damage. On 6/26/2022 at 1435 CDT, a Piper model PA-28-181, [privacy data omitted] was attempting to land on runway 17 at Easterwood Field Airport (kcll), when the…
- [Accident 19941220041939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941220041939A), Dec 20, 1994: Piper PA28181 (N4497X), Great Barringto, MA, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast. Ran off runway into trees.
- [Incident 19830226012619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830226012619I), Feb 26, 1983: Piper PA28181 (N4497X), Great Barringto, MA, Minor damage. Pilot allowed wind to drift aircraft off runway alignment on landing. Struck a fence 50 feet from runway.

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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