20040324004179A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Norwood, MA · March 24, 2004

Date
March 24, 2004 · 08:51 local
Place
Norwood, MA
Airport
Norwood Memorial Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6535J
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC04CA091
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A3A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
49 total49 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) Student pilot on first unsupervised solo. Pilot had completed approximately 15 touch and goes in a one hour flight. The last approach had a higher than normal sink rate and the aircraft bounced after touchdown. The second touchdown was nose low, resulting in a propeller strike. The propeller again contacted the runway on the third and final touchdown, dragging the aircraft to the right and off the paved surface. As the aircraft departed the runway the left wing contacted the ground. The aircraft came to rest next to the runway, facing it's centerline. The pilot was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST UNSUPERVISED SOLO. PILOT HAD COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY 15 TOUCH AND GOES IN A ONE HOUR FLIGHT. THE LAST APPROACH HAD A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SINK RATE AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN WAS NOSE LOW, RESULTING IN A PROPELLER STRIKE. THE PROPELLER AGAIN CONTACTED THE RUNWAY ON THE THIRD AND FINAL TOUCHDOWN, DRAGGING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AND OFF THE PAVED SURFACE. AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NEXT TO THE RUNWAY, FACING IT'S CENTERLINE. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

NTSB investigation

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