# Incident 20120609010179I: Piper PA-28-140, Westerly, RI, June 9, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2012, 10:15 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: Westerly State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3496° N, 71.8034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTERLY STATE (WST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3496&lon=-71.8034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5904U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5904U) (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 -E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 66 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120609010179I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT MADE HARD LANDING AT WESTERLY AIRPORT. PILOT LOOKED OVER THE AIRCRAFT TO SEE IF ANY DAMAGE MIGHT HAVE OCCURED AFTER LANDING. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED AT THIS TIME AND PILOT DEPARTED FOR NEWPORT, R.I. WHICH WAS HIS HOMEBASE. TWO DAYS LATER, 06/11/2012, MAINTENANCE NOTED THAT ONE OF THE BLADES HAD STRUCK THE GROUND AND WAS DAMAGED. RHODE ISLAND AERONAUTICS CORPORATION NOTIFIED THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER.

## Other reports on N5904U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100810041479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100810041479I), Aug 10, 2010: Piper PA-28-140 (N5904U), Middletown, RI, Minor damage. Aircraft struck deer on runway during landing rollout. Minor damage to the underside of fuselage and propeller blades.

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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