# Accident 20120828018499A: Piper PA-28R-200, Monroe, WA, August 28, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Monroe, WA
- Airport: Firstair Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MOMA
- Location: 47.8714° N, 121.9953° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8714&lon=-121.9953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4922T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4922T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,375 total, 112 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA377) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120828018499A

## Narrative

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

ON 8/28/2012, PIPER PA-28R-200 AIRCRAFT, N4922T, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE RESULTING FROM A HARD LANDING AT FIRSTAIR FIELD (W16), MONROE, WA. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL PILOT STUDENT DEPARTED EVERETT/SNOHOMISH COUNTY (PAE), EVERETT, WA FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT TO CONDUCT AIRWORK MANEUVERS AND LANDING PRACTICE IN PREPARATION FOR THE STUDENT'S COMMERCIAL PILOT PRACTICAL RE-TEST.AFTER COMPLETING THE AIRWORK, N4299T FLEW TO W16 TO PRACTICE SHORT FIELD LANDINGS. THE STUDENT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RWY 07 AND CONFIGURED THE AIRPLANE FOR A SHORT FIELD LANDING.THE STUDENT CROSSED THE RUNWAY NUMBERS HIGH, INITIATED A LANDING FLARE AT 4' TO 6', AND RAPIDLY REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND THE STUDENT BROUGHT IT TO A FULL STOP ON THE RUNWAY.   FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL PILOT STUDENT DEPARTED W16 ON RUNWAY 25 TO RETURN TO PAE. ON CLIMBOUT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO PAE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## 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 WPR12LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA377), Aug 28, 2012: Piper PA-28R-200 (N4922T), Everett, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A hard landing likely made by the private pilot on a solo flight that preceded the dual instructional flight during which the wing damage became obvious.

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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