# Incident 20120710018659I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-34-220T, Rome, NY, July 10, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2012, 08:44 local time
- Place: Rome, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2128° N, 75.4557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rome, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2128&lon=-75.4557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4442Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4442Y-2012-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103223, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental LTSIO-360-RB (registry code 17304, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-ltsio-360-rb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-34-220T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR LTSIO-360-RB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120710018659I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED ROCHESTER, NY (ROC) FOR ROME, NY AT APPROXIMATELY 0700 LCL TIME. THE PART 91 FLIGHT WAS MADE IN VFR CONDITIONS. WX AT THE DESTINATION WAS VFR WITH CALM WINDS. WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 15, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE REALIZED HIS AIRSPEED WAS TOO LOW.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS IN THE ATC TOWER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO "PORPOISE" SEVERAL TIMES WHILE LANDING. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO AN FBO ON THE FIELD AND SHUTDOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT AT THAT TIME HE NOTED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER OF THE LEFT ENGINE. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY A MECHANIC AT THE FBO REVEALED THAT DAMAGE APPEARED LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER. THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE PROPELLER WAS NO LONGER SERVICABLE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. A SERVICE BULLETIN SUGGESTS/REQUIRES A TEARDOWN/EXAMINATION OF THE ASSOCIATED ENGINE. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNINJURED.

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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