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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Greensboro, NC · March 27, 2010

Date: March 27, 2010 · 10:27 local
Place: Greensboro, NC
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2680T
Reported as: Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,200 total1,200 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N2680TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7225085 · Built 1971 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

In pattern at gso and cleared for the option on the down wind for a third touch and go on 5L. Pilot and passenger heard a loud thump in front of the airplane. Notified tower of a full stop due to noise heard. Tower verified landing gear looked normal. Pilot tried to decrease power but couldn't retard throttle. After crossing runway threshhold pilot instructed passenger to pull mixture back to kill the engine. Landing was uneventful. Passenger reapplied mixture noting engine increase to 2000 RPM. Passenger immediately killed engine with mixture control and aircraft rolled to a stop approximately 20 feet from hold short line at K2. Pilot and passenger received permission from tower to manually pull airplane across hold short line off the runway. Pilot and passenger noted nose landing light/air filter assmembly missing from center of lower cowl with damage to LH side of cowl and aft side of both propeller blades. Aircraft was towed to FBO.

As the FAA filed it

IN PATTERN AT GSO AND CLEARED FOR THE OPTION ON THE DOWN WIND FOR A THIRD TOUCH AND GO ON 5L. PILOT AND PASSENGER HEARD A LOUD THUMP IN FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE. NOTIFIED TOWER OF A FULL STOP DUE TO NOISE HEARD. TOWER VERIFIED LANDING GEAR LOOKED NORMAL. PILOT TRIED TO DECREASE POWER BUT COULDN'T RETARD THROTTLE. AFTER CROSSING RUNWAY THRESHHOLD PILOT INSTRUCTED PASSENGER TO PULL MIXTURE BACK TO KILL THE ENGINE. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. PASSENGER REAPPLIED MIXTURE NOTING ENGINE INCREASE TO 2000 RPM. PASSENGER IMMEDIATELY KILLED ENGINE WITH MIXTURE CONTROL AND AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET FROM HOLD SHORT LINE AT K2. PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM TOWER TO MANUALLY PULL AIRPLANE ACROSS HOLD SHORT LINE OFF THE RUNWAY. PILOT AND PASSENGER NOTED NOSE LANDING LIGHT/AIR FILTER ASSMEMBLY MISSING FROM CENTER OF LOWER COWL WITH DAMAGE TO LH SIDE OF COWL AND AFT SIDE OF BOTH PROPELLER BLADES. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO FBO.