# Incident 20110525012429I: Piper PA-23-250, Marietta, PA, May 25, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2011, 16:00 local time
- Place: Marietta, PA
- Airport: Donegal Springs Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0922° N, 76.5744° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DONEGAL SPRINGS AIRPARK (N71), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0922&lon=-76.5744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111MY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N111MY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,501 total, 1,024 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110525012429I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TRAFFIC PATTERN TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS IN ORDER TO DEPART IN HIS AIRPLANE WITH A PASSENGER.  (AFTER THE THIRD LANDING AND BEING 'CURRENT' PER FAR 61.57). DURING THE SECOND LANDING, HE ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO IMPACT THE GROUND, LESS THAN TWO METERS SHORT OF THE PAVED RUNWAY SURFACE.  THIS HARD LANDING RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS. THE PILOT STATED THAT A CROSS WIND EXISTED AND AT THE TIME THOUGHT HE WAS EXPERIENCING A DOWNDRAFT ON FINAL APPROACH AS SIGNIFICANT AS WIND SHEAR.

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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