# Incident 20100829055679I: Orloff-Geis SPEZIO SPOR, Erwinna, PA, August 29, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Erwinna, PA
- Airport: Vansant
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4843° N, 75.0996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANSANT (9N1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4843&lon=-75.0996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N108S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N108S-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Orloff-Geist SPEZIO SPORT DAL-1 (registry code 0561369, https://openairdocs.org/model/orloff-geist-spezio-sport-dal-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ORLOFF-GEIS SPEZIO SPOR
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 851 total, 103 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100829055679I

## Narrative

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

N108S ON SHORT FINAL TO RWY 7 AT 9N1 WHEN N6304Z DECENDED ON TOP OF N108S TO LAND ON SAME RUNWAY. WITNESS ON GROUND SENT SUPPORT STAFF OUT TO RWY TO WAVE OFF AIRCRAFT. N6304Z INITIATED GO AROUND. AT THAT TIME THE TOW ROPE ATTACHED TO N6304Z BECAME DISCONNECTED AND FOULED IN THE PROPELLER OF N108S CAUSING POWER LOSS  AT APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET AGL, SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSING A HARD LANDING RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO N108S. NO DAMAGE OCCURED TO N6304Z.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6304Z, Piper PA-25: no report for this aircraft; [N6304Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6304Z) is registered now

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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