# Accident 20120102000019A: Piper PA-34-200T, Shelter Island, NY, January 2, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2012, 15:03 local time
- Place: Shelter Island, NY
- Airport: Klenawicus
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0667° N, 72.3431° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0667&lon=-72.3431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8282P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8282P-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,540 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120102000019A

## Narrative

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

WINDS REPORTED IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE OUT OF THE WEST IN THE HIGH TEENS GUSTING TO HIGH TWENTIES.  AIRMAN WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 WHICH IS 1600 FEET LONG.  AIRMAN STATED HE ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING.  ON TOUCH DOWN, THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF.  THE AIRPLANE THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN FOR A SHORT TIME.  WHEN THE AIRPLANE SETTLED BACK ON TO THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN DUG INTO THE TURF , CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT.  THE RIGHT WING, FUSELOGE AND ALL THREE GEAR ASSEMBLIES SUSTAINED SUBTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THERE WAS ALSO SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF BOTH ENGINES.  PILOT WAS UNINGURED.

## 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 ERA12LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA132), Jan 2, 2012: Piper PA-34-200T (N8282P), Shelter Island, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A hard landing, which resulted in a failure of the right main and collapse of the left main landing gear.

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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