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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Stevensville, MD · April 10, 2008

Date
April 10, 2008 · 16:45 local
Place
Stevensville, MD
Airport
Bay Bridge
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N403DS
Reported as
Piper PA28151
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
180 total180 in this make and model25 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) The aircraft was on its second attempt to land on runway 29 at Bay Bridge Airport (W29) in Stevensville, MD. A witness said the aircraft was high and fast, similar to the first approach. However when the aircraft was approx. half way down the runway he was seen to pitch the nose down and force the aircraft onto the runway. Skid marks were observed on the pavement and grass over run indicating aggressive braking action. The aicraft finally stopped when it hit the steel sheet piling that made up the sea wall for the end of runway that projects into the chesapeake bay. The aircraft received extensive damage from the firewall forward. Prop signature and marks on the sheet piling indicate the engine was developing power, flight control continuity was normal. The firewall was distorted and the winshield was broken.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 29 AT BAY BRIDGE AIRPORT (W29) IN STEVENSVILLE, MD. A WITNESS SAID THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH AND FAST, SIMILAR TO THE FIRST APPROACH. HOWEVER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROX. HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY HE WAS SEEN TO PITCH THE NOSE DOWN AND FORCE THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE RUNWAY. SKID MARKS WERE OBSERVED ON THE PAVEMENT AND GRASS OVER RUN INDICATING AGGRESSIVE BRAKING ACTION. THE AICRAFT FINALLY STOPPED WHEN IT HIT THE STEEL SHEET PILING THAT MADE UP THE SEA WALL FOR THE END OF RUNWAY THAT PROJECTS INTO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FROM THE FIREWALL FORWARD. PROP SIGNATURE AND MARKS ON THE SHEET PILING INDICATE THE ENGINE WAS DEVELOPING POWER, FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS NORMAL. THE FIREWALL WAS DISTORTED AND THE WINSHIELD WAS BROKEN.