# Accident 20041023031199A: Piper PA28140, Lehighton, PA, October 23, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: Lehighton, PA
- Airport: Jake Arnen Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8094° N, 75.7614° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8094&lon=-75.7614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N586FL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N586FL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05CA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041023031199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS MAKING FIRST LANDING OF THE DAY AT LEHIGHTON (JAKE ARNER AIRPORT, (22N), ON RUNWAY 8. HIS APPROACH TO LANDING WAS A LITTLE HIGH, BUT ALL OTHER FACTORS WERE NORMAL INCLUDING AIRSPEED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PORPOISE ON THREE SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TO LAND. ON THE FOURTH TOUCHDOWN THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND PARTIALLY COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP. THE ENGINE MOUNT HAD THREE SUPPORT TUBES SHEARED, AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS BENT BACK INTO THE FIREWALL.

## 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 NYC05CA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA011), Oct 23, 2004: Piper PA-28-140 (N586FL), Lehighton, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot inadequate flare, and failure to recover from a bounced landing.

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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