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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Block Island, RI · June 2, 2010

Date
June 2, 2010 · 12:28 local
Place
Block Island, RI
Airport
Block Island State Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N47661
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA10CA303
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,080 total800 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The pilot stated that he approached runway 10 at possibly a higher than normal speed and landed long, aproximately 1/2 way down the runway. This resulted in a poor landing in which the aircraft bounced. The pilot applied braking, but continued to drift to the left, departing the runway through the grass and across the eastern most portion of alpha taxiway into the airport perimeter fence. The left wingtip struck 4 posts of the chain link fence, ultimately pivoting on the 4th post. The nose of the aircraft went into the fence, stopping the propeller and causing some damage to the nose area. The outer most portion of the left wing, aproximately 3 feet in length, was significantly damaged. There was a crosswind of aproximately 7 knots at an 80 degree angle from the right.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE APPROACHED RUNWAY 10 AT POSSIBLY A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SPEED AND LANDED LONG, APROXIMATELY 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THIS RESULTED IN A POOR LANDING IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKING, BUT CONTINUED TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT, DEPARTING THE RUNWAY THROUGH THE GRASS AND ACROSS THE EASTERN MOST PORTION OF ALPHA TAXIWAY INTO THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE. THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK 4 POSTS OF THE CHAIN LINK FENCE, ULTIMATELY PIVOTING ON THE 4TH POST. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE FENCE, STOPPING THE PROPELLER AND CAUSING SOME DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AREA. THE OUTER MOST PORTION OF THE LEFT WING, APROXIMATELY 3 FEET IN LENGTH, WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. THERE WAS A CROSSWIND OF APROXIMATELY 7 KNOTS AT AN 80 DEGREE ANGLE FROM THE RIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.