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FAA incident report · Piper PA28161 · Southbridge, MA · December 12, 2004

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Date
December 12, 2004 · 13:00 local
Place
Southbridge, MA
Airport
Southbridge Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N128PC
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
142 total15 in this make and model5 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) On December 12, 2004 privacy data omitted rented N128PC from northampton aeronautics inc. located at the 7B2 airport for a short cross-country flight to Southbridge airport, 3B0. Prior to takeoff from northampton airport the pilot failed to reset the altimeter to field elevation, or a local altimeter setting. The pilot statement indicates that the altimeter was probably indicating the field elevation, plus, 1,000 feet. Upon arrival at Southbridge, the pilot states that he entered the traffic pattern to low, and at too hig an airspeed. The result was a landing too FAR down the runway. This resulted in running off the departure end of runway 20 and damaging two threshold lights, as well as putting a dent in the lower portion of the right wings leading edge. The pilot then inspected the damage, and decided that it was minor, and elected to fly back to northampton. He also states that in retrospect this was not a good idea, as there could have been other possible damage that he could not detect.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 12, 2004 ^PRIVACY DAT^ RENTED N128PC FROM NORTHAMPTON AERONAUTICS INC. LOCATED AT THE 7B2 AIRPORT FOR A SHORT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO SOUTHBRIDGE AIRPORT, 3B0. PRIOR TO TAKEOFF FROM NORTHAMPTON AIRPORT THE PILOT FAILED TO RESET THE ALTIMETER TO FIELD ELEVATION, OR A LOCAL ALTIMETER SETTING. THE PILOT STATEMENT INDICATES THAT THE ALTIMETER WAS PROBABLY INDICATING THE FIELD ELEVATION, PLUS, 1,000 FEET. UPON ARRIVAL AT SOUTHBRIDGE, THE PILOT STATES THAT HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO LOW, AND AT TOO HIG AN AIRSPEED. THE RESULT WAS A LANDING TOO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY. THIS RESULTED IN RUNNING OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 20 AND DAMAGING TWO THRESHOLD LIGHTS, AS WELL AS PUTTING A DENT IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE RIGHT WINGS LEADING EDGE. THE PILOT THEN INSPECTED THE DAMAGE, AND DECIDED THAT IT WAS MINOR, AND ELECTED TO FLY BACK TO NORTHAMPTON. HE ALSO STATES THAT IN RETROSPECT THIS WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA, AS THERE COULD HAVE BEEN OTHER POSSIBLE DAMAGE THAT HE COULD NOT DETECT.