# Accident 20121227027539A: Piper PA-32-301, Middle Bass Isl, OH, December 27, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2012, 09:00 local time
- Place: Middle Bass Isl, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DSFA
- Location: 41.6883° N, 82.8081° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6883&lon=-82.8081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N428S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N428S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,077 total, 500 in this make and model, 156 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121227027539A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN STATED HE HAD DEPARTED PORT CLINTON AIRPORT (KPCW) ON 12/27/2012 IN ORDER TO DELIVER THE U.S. MAIL TO NORTH BASS ISLAND (3X5) AND MIDDLE BASS ISLAND (3T7).  AS AIRMAN APPROACHED MIDDLE BASS ISLAND (3T7), AIRMAN ELECTED TO CONDUCT A SHORT FILED LANDING INTO THE 1852 FOOT RUNWAY.  AS AIRMAN "DRAGGED" IN THE AIRCRAFT ON SHORT FINAL HE HAD FALLEN BEHIND THE POWER CURVE, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SINK RAPIDLY.  AIRMAN WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER IN TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD LANDED IN A SNOW FIELD SHORT OF RUNWAY 28, FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR.  AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD SUNK INTO THE MUD AND CAUGHT THE RUNWAY EDGE LIP.  AIRCRAFT RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD FOLDED BACKWARDS AS AIRCRAFT ENTERED RUNWAY 28 AND SKIDDED TO A STOP 700 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END.SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING SPAR.  NO INJURIES TO AIRMAN.  AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 135. NO PASSENGERS.

## 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 CEN13CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA125), Dec 27, 2012: Piper PA-32-301 (N428S), Middle Bass Island, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not attain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in impact with the edge of the runway surface.

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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