# Accident 20120315003869A: Piper PA-28-151, James Island, SC, March 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2012, 14:50 local time
- Place: James Island, SC
- Airport: Charleston Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7006° N, 80.0017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7006&lon=-80.0017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N832KF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N832KF-2018-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (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-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120315003869A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTING TO LAND, THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FIGHTING A CROSSWIND. COMPENSATING FOR THE CROSSWIND, THE PILOT WAS CRABBING THE AIRCRAFT. HIS FIRST INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY WAS A LITTLE HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED A LITTLE SIDEWAYS. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT NEXT, AND THE IMPACT CAUSED THE GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY TO BREAK IN TWO, AND THE BOTTOM PART OF THE GEAR ASSEMBLY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THEN THE LEFT WING AND NOSE SHOT UPWARD, THEN THE NOSE SLAMMED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR, THEN THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP.

## 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 ERA12CA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA228), Mar 15, 2012: Piper PA-28-151 (N832KF), Charleston, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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