# Accident 20080920849329A: Piper PA28140, Carrabassett, ME, September 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2008, 20:01 local time
- Place: Carrabassett, ME
- Airport: Sugarloaf Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0844° N, 70.2097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0844&lon=-70.2097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2318T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2318T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 800 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA316) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080920849329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE OFFICE NOTIFIED BY NEW ENGLAND AREA OPERATIONS CENTER THAT : "N2318T, PA 28, MADE HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 AND BLEW THE NOSE GEAR TIRE AT SUGARLOAF REGIONAL AIRPORT, CARRABASETT, ME AT 2001 EDT, 9/20/08.  AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY EDGE.  DAMAGE REPORTED TO THE PROP, NOSE CONE, COWLING, AND LANDING GEAR.  NO INJURIES.  NO ATC CONTACT.  "INVESTIGATION BY THIS OFFICE REVEALED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR, NOSE CONE, PROPELLER AND FIREWALL.  WITNESS STATEMENT FROM PILOT AT FOLLOWS; "AFTER OVERFLYING THE AIRPORT, I CROSSED FROM WEST TO EAST AND MADE A SHORT LEFT BASE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17, I CROSSED THE NUMBERS AT A REASONABLE HEIGHT.  I CUT THE POWER BACK AND ATTEMPTED TO FLARE.  THE PLANE BOUNCED VERY HARD.  IT SEEMED TO BE PORPOISING AND BOUNCED HARD TWO MORE TIMES.  THEN IT GROUND TO A HALT AND PULLED HALF WAY OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AS IT DID SO.  MY BEST GUESS IS THAT MY SPEED WAS TOO HIGH AND I WAS TRYING TO LAND BY INSTINCT RATHER THAN WATCHING THE AIRSPEED."

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC08CA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA316), Sep 20, 2008: Piper PA28-140 (N2318T), Carrabassett, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare.

## Other reports on N2318T (1)

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

- [Incident 20180516005399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180516005399I), May 16, 2018: Piper PA-28-140 (N2318T), Lake Elmo, MN, Minor damage. Student pilot on her second solo flight was performing her third landing of the day. The aircraft bounced, then porpoised and came down with a harder typical…

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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