# Accident 20040324004179A: Piper PA28180, Norwood, MA, March 24, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2004, 08:51 local time
- Place: Norwood, MA
- Airport: Norwood Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1903° N, 71.1728° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1903&lon=-71.1728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6535J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6535J-2007-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040324004179A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 NYC04CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA091), Mar 24, 2004: Piper PA-28-180 (N6535J), Norwood, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot failure to recover from a bounced landing. A factor in this accident was the student pilot's lack of solo flight experience.

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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