# Accident 20100424032499A: Piper PA-22-135, Honesdale, PA, April 24, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: Honesdale, PA
- Airport: Cherry Ridge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5092° N, 75.2508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5092&lon=-75.2508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N170JH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N170JH-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-135
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100424032499A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING ON RWY 36 WITH THE WINDS VARIABLE @ 5 KNOTS. APPROACH WAS NORMAL WITH TOUCHDOWN 1/3 DOWN RWY. A MILD BOUNCE OCCURRED WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING DOWN ON THE LEFT WHEEL WITH THE LEFT WING HITTING THE RUNWAY AS WELL AS THE LEFT ELEVATOR. PILOT REGAINED CONTROL AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## 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 ERA10CA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA245), Apr 24, 2010: Piper PA-22-135 (N170JH), Hoensdale, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper final approach, resulting in a bounced landing and ground loop. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in tailwheel airplanes.

## Other reports on N170JH (1)

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

- [Accident 20131004019599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131004019599A), Oct 4, 2013: Piper PA-22-135 (N170JH), Selinsgrove, PA, Substantial damage. As stated by witness: the aircraft departed runway 17, full-length, and initiated a takeoff roll without stopping on the runway. Immediately after lift-off,…

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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