# Accident 20100508055749A: Piper PA-24-260, Carrollton, GA, May 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2010, 12:00 local time
- Place: Carrollton, GA
- Airport: West Georgia Regional - O V Gray F
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6317° N, 85.1522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6317&lon=-85.1522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9231P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9231P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,157 total, 2 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA265) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100508055749A

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN COMMAND WITH 2.5 HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. DURING A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35 AT CTJ, THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED AN ABNORMAL SINK RATE AND TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD BY APPROXIMATELY 88 FEET IN TALL GRASS AND ROUGH TERRAIN, A GO AROUND WAS INITIATED, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE 3 INCH RUNWAY PAVEMENT EDGE PRIOR TO LIFT OFF. THE GEAR AND FLAPS WERE RETRACTED WITH NO REPORTED ANOMALIES AND A NORMAL GO AROUND ACCOMPLISHED. ON THE NEXT LANDING, ON THE SAME RUNWAY, THE GEAR AND FLAPS WERE AGAIN EXTENDED, WHEN THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SEVERE SHIMMY AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED HE HEARD A LOUD SHARP NOISE. THE NOSE WHEEL FAILED AND THE NOSE STRUT SHEARED AT THE YOKE, LEAVING ONLY THE OLEO STRUT, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE PITCHED DOWN AND THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE CENTERLINE.

## 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 ERA10CA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA265), May 8, 2010: Piper PA-24-260B (N9231P), Carrollton, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper touchdown point during landing. Contributing to the accident was the certificated flight instructor's lack of remedial action.

## Other reports on N9231P (1)

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

- [Incident 19941118042769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941118042769I), Nov 18, 1994: Piper PA24260 (N9231P), Enterprise, AL, Minor damage. Hit gear switch instead of flaps on landing roll. Landing gear retracted.

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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