# Accident 20100819041529A: Piper PA-28-181, Garrett County, MD, August 19, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2010, 12:10 local time
- Place: Garrett County, MD
- Airport: Garrett County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5753° N, 79.3347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5753&lon=-79.3347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N348TF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N348TF-2011-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 490 total, 350 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA441](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA441) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100819041529A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N348TF COMING IN FOR A LANDING RUNWAY 27 AT GARRETT COUNTY AIRPORT . AIRCRAFT STRUCK AND BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY HARD AND COLLAPSED THE MAIN GEAR. DURING THIS SITUATION THE PILOT THEN WENT FULL THROTTLE AND LOST CONTROL AND TRIED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DOWN A 100FT. EMBANKMENT AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. LEFT WING TORN FROM FUSELAGE, MAIN GEAR BROKEN OFF, AND FUSELAGE BELLY DAMAGE. PROP SHOWS HIGH RPM DAMAGE ON THE TIPS FROM STRIKING THE GROUND. NO INJURIES INVOLVED.

## 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 ERA10CA441](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA441), Aug 19, 2010: Piper PA-28-181 (N348TF), Oakland, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N348TF (1)

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

- [Accident 20061231030939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061231030939A), Dec 31, 2006: Piper PA28181 (N348TF), Cumberland, MD, Substantial damage. (-23) At approximately 1200E, N348TF, a PA28, landed hard on the nose wheel approximately sixty feet from the runway 23 threshold and skidded onto the runway…

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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