# Incident 20100327030279I: Piper PA-28-140, Greensboro, NC, March 27, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2010, 10:27 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0726° N, 79.7920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0726&lon=-79.7920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2680T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2680T) (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 PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100327030279I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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