# Accident 20031221036659A: Piper PA30, Louisville, KY, December 21, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2003, 17:19 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2278° N, 85.6636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2278&lon=-85.6636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7532Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7532Y-2014-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,916 total, 1,730 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04CA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04CA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031221036659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING AT LOUISVILLE, KY (LOU), RUNWAY 24, JUST PRIOR TO FLARE, PILOT'S VISION WAS IMPAIRED BY THE SUNLIGHT. PILOT FLARED THE AIRCRAFT HIGH. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED HARD ONTO THE RUNWAY, LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY ON IT'S BELLY.

## 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 IAD04CA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04CA006), Dec 21, 2003: Piper PA-30 (N7532Y), Louisville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, which resulted a hard landing. A factor was the glare from the setting sun.

## Other reports on N7532Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19940630026329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940630026329I), Jun 30, 1994: Piper PA30 (N7532Y), Excelsior, MO, Minor damage. Landed long and fast. Unable to stop ran off end runway onto a golf course. Left main gear collapsed.

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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