OpenAirDocs.org

20070904829749A

Accident · Substantial damage
Open the Markdown

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Williamson/Sod, NY · September 4, 2007

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
September 4, 2007 · 13:00 local
Place
Williamson/Sod, NY
Airport
Williamson-Sodus
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N444CF
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC07CA216
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total1,400 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N444CFRegistration cancelled Mar 13, 2018 · Piper PA-28-161S/N 28-7816035 · Built 1977Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming IO-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) On 9/4/2007, N444CF took off from great valley airport (N56) enroute to the Williamson/Sodus airport (ksdc). The pilot privacy data omitted attempted to land on runway 10 at the Williamson/Sodus airport (ksdc) at 1300 hours. During touchdown the aircraft nose pitched upward, whereupon the pilot attempted to make a correction and the aircraft came in contact with the runway. The nose pitched upward again and after a second attempt to correct the flight path, the aircraft landed nose down and struck the propeller on the runway. The aircraft sustained damage on the right inboard leading edge after striking a runway light. The aircraft came to rest in a grass area just off the right side of runway 10. The aircraft was removed from the runway area to a nearby hangar. Further inspection of the aircraft revealed that the nose gear assembly and engine truss assembly were pushed rearward into the firewall causing firewall damage. There was also right inboard leading edge and lower forward fuselage damage. Propeller blades were both damaged.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 9/4/2007, N444CF TOOK OFF FROM GREAT VALLEY AIRPORT (N56) ENROUTE TO THE WILLIAMSON/SODUS AIRPORT (KSDC). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 10 AT THE WILLIAMSON/SODUS AIRPORT (KSDC) AT 1300 HOURS. DURING TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE PITCHED UPWARD, WHEREUPON THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A CORRECTION AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE PITCHED UPWARD AGAIN AND AFTER A SECOND ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE FLIGHT PATH, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE DOWN AND STRUCK THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT INBOARD LEADING EDGE AFTER STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A GRASS AREA JUST OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 10. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AREA TO A NEARBY HANGAR. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY AND ENGINE TRUSS ASSEMBLY WERE PUSHED REARWARD INTO THE FIREWALL CAUSING FIREWALL DAMAGE. THERE WAS ALSO RIGHT INBOARD LEADING EDGE AND LOWER FORWARD FUSELAGE DAMAGE. PROPELLER BLADES WERE BOTH DAMAGED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB NYC07CA216Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportWilliam-Sodus, NYThe pilot's improper flare at touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing.Sep 4, 2007 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N444CF · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19870119005639IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Ithaca, NYSmoke in cabin during taxi. Found hobbs wiring shorted. Installed in line fuse in hobbs meter wiring.Jan 19, 1987