# Incident 20041212033149I: Piper PA28161, Southbridge, MA, December 12, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2004, 13:00 local time
- Place: Southbridge, MA
- Airport: Southbridge Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1011° N, 72.0388° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHBRIDGE MUNI (3B0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1011&lon=-72.0388&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128PC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 15 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041212033149I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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