20080305011549A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · San Antonio, TX · March 5, 2008

Date
March 5, 2008 · 10:20 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Airport
Stinson Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
W78S
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N41519
Reported as
Piper PA32300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
217 total11 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

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 03-05-08 Piper N41519, piloted by privacy data omitted was involved in a hard landing accident at the Stinson airport. The flight was a commercial check ride with an FAA DPE, privacy data omitted, on board. The hard landing resulted in substantial damage to both wings in the area of the landing gear mounting (rib assemblies, false spars, and wing webs).

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 03-05-08 PIPER N41519, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN A HARD LANDING ACCIDENT AT THE STINSON AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT WAS A COMMERCIAL CHECK RIDE WITH AN FAA DPE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ON BOARD. THE HARD LANDING RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS IN THE AREA OF THE LANDING GEAR MOUNTING (RIB ASSEMBLIES, FALSE SPARS, AND WING WEBS).