20030505036919A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Buffalo, NY · May 5, 2003

Date
May 5, 2003 · 19:29 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
NAHA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N448VP
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC03LA097
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total400 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot states: "landing normal until a few feet above touchdown-encountered windshear descended to a hard landing". Small fire erupted in right engine which was quickly extinguished.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATES: "LANDING NORMAL UNTIL A FEW FEET ABOVE TOUCHDOWN-ENCOUNTERED WINDSHEAR DESCENDED TO A HARD LANDING". SMALL FIRE ERUPTED IN RIGHT ENGINE WHICH WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.