# Incident 20080216011629I: Piper PA46350P, Bullhead City, AZ, February 16, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2008, 10:25 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Laughlin/Bullhead International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1546° N, 114.5593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAUGHLIN/BULLHEAD INTL (IFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1546&lon=-114.5593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N629DK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N629DK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 801 total, 187 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080216011629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE FAA FORM 8020-9, DATED 19 FEBRUARY 2008, THE AIRCRAFT LANDING WAS DESCRIBED AS "HARD" BY BULLHEAD CITY AIRPORT ATCT (KIFP) PERSONNEL. MOHAVE COUNTY AIRPORT PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXHIBITED SIGNS OF EXPERIENCING A PROP STRIKE. AIRPORT PERSONNEL PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH CLEARLY INDICATED DAMAGE TO ALL FOUR PROPELLER BLADE TIPS. PHOTOGRAPHS ALSO INDICATE SEVERAL PROP STRIKE "CUTS" IN THE RUNWAY NEAR THE CENTERLINE MARKINGS. THE PILOT PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT THROUGH HIS ATTORNEY WHICH STATED THAT AS HE WAS LANDING, HE ENCOUNTERED A STRONG CROSSWIND GUST WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BANK TO THE LEFT AND THE NOSE TO DROP. THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE ROLLED WINGS LEVEL AND MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, HE TOUCHED DOWN NOSEWHEEL FIRST, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, PORPOISED AND PITCHED FORWARD (NOSE LOW). THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WIND GUST WAS A FACTOR IN HIS ABILITY TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. AMENDED FAA FORM 8020-23 ON 03/17/08 TO INCLUDE MISSING PILOT INFORMATION IN BLOCK 31.

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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