# Incident 20090307004139I: Piper PA32301, Westfield/Spri, MA, March 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2009, 14:31 local time
- Place: Westfield/Spri, MA
- Airport: Barnes Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1251° N, 72.7495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1251&lon=-72.7495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117JC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117JC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,318 total, 4,207 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090307004139I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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