20051111031909I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Willimantic, CT · November 11, 2005

Date: November 11, 2005 · 08:45 local
Place: Willimantic, CT
Airport: Windham Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2117E
Reported as: Piper PA28161
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,896 total52 in this make and model

N2117ERegistered now · Piper PA-28-161S/N 28-7916163 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) The student and instructor had planned to land just beyond the numbers of runway 27 on their 4th approach. They landed short of the runway contacting the lip of the runway causing right and left skin wrinkles and left landing gear damage to the aircraft (hard landing). The aircraft contacted the lip of runway 27 from a downdraft during the 4th approach by the student. There were no injuries reported. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR HAD PLANNED TO LAND JUST BEYOND THE NUMBERS OF RUNWAY 27 ON THEIR 4TH APPROACH. THEY LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY CONTACTING THE LIP OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING RIGHT AND LEFT SKIN WRINKLES AND LEFT LANDING GEAR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT (HARD LANDING). THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE LIP OF RUNWAY 27 FROM A DOWNDRAFT DURING THE 4TH APPROACH BY THE STUDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^