# Incident 20080705847529I: Piper PA34220T, Grayslake, IL, July 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2008, 14:00 local time
- Place: Grayslake, IL
- Airport: Campbell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3246° N, 88.0741° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMPBELL (C81), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3246&lon=-88.0741&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888VF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888VF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360KB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 709 total, 230 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080705847529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENTERED LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 09.  NORMAL PATTERN. AFTER PASSING OVER THRESHOLD AT THE NORMAL AIRSPEED OF 85 KNOTS. AIRCRAFT SANK. AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN HARD, BOUNCED ON THE MAIN GEAR, MAINTAINED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, BOUNCED THE SECOND TIME ON THE MAIN GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR. BOUNCED A THIRD TIME AND CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR. PIC WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROP STRIKE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE UNTIL HE SHUT DOWN AT THE HANGAR.

## Other reports on N888VF (1)

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

- [Incident 19880515014989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880515014989I), May 15, 1988: Piper PA34200T (N888VF), Sacramento, CA, Minor damage. Made a hard landing while doing short field landings. Broke strut leg. Gear collapsed landing at airport.

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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