20090307004139I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-301 · Westfield/Spri, MA · March 7, 2009

Date: March 7, 2009 · 14:31 local
Place: Westfield/Spri, MA
Airport: Barnes Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N117JC
Reported as: Piper PA32301
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,318 total4,207 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N117JCRegistered now · Piper PA-32-301S/N 32-8006032 · Built 1980 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-301 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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 pilot reported that he made the approach fast and high to land on runway 33. Upon touch down on runway 33 he applied the brakes and lost directional control of the aircraft. The aircraft than veered to the left, departed runway 33, went across the grass area and snow, across active taxiway "d" and on to the parking ramp. Visual inspection of the aircraft did not disclose andy damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MADE THE APPROACH FAST AND HIGH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 33. UPON TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 33 HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THAN VEERED TO THE LEFT, DEPARTED RUNWAY 33, WENT ACROSS THE GRASS AREA AND SNOW, ACROSS ACTIVE TAXIWAY "D" AND ON TO THE PARKING RAMP. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT DISCLOSE ANDY DAMAGE.