# Accident 20120107002149A: Piper PA-28-140, Chehalis, WA, January 7, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2012, 12:10 local time
- Place: Chehalis, WA
- Airport: Chehalis-Centralia Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6770° N, 122.9827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHEHALIS-CENTRALIA (CLS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6770&lon=-122.9827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15791, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15791-2014-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,365 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120107002149A

## Narrative

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

N15791 A PIPER PA-28-140, IMPACTED AN OBJECT (REBAR) PROTRUDING FROM THE TERRAIN WHEN THE PILOT LANDED 300 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 16 THRESHOLD AT CHEHALIS AIRPORT, CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS RECEIVING A FLIGHT REVIEW FROM HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. AS PART OF THE FLIGHT REVIEW AFTER SEVERAL LANDINGS THE INSTRUCTOR PULLED ENGINE POWER AND INFORMED THE COMMERCIAL PILOT THE ENGINE FAILED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT THEN EXECUTED AN ENGINE OUT PROCEDURE (SIMULATED POWER-OFF LANDING). BECAUSE HE FAILED TO MANAGE HIS GLIDE PROFILE IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWED HIM TO EXTEND THE AIRPLANE'S GLIDE ALL THE WAY TO THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, AND SINCE HE DID NOT ADD ENGINE POWER, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN A GRASSY AREA JUST OVER 300 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD IMPACTING A PEACE OF REBAR PROTRUDDING FROM THE GROUND. THE REBAR WAS OUTSIDE THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA AND PROTRUDING ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF ABOVE THE GROUND. IT HAD BEEN PLACED THERE BY CHEHALIS AIRPORT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TO MARK THE LOCATION OF A FUTURE APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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