# Incident 20130510007569I: Piper PA-28-181, Block Island, RI, May 10, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2013, 12:30 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1918° N, 71.5745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Block Island, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1918&lon=-71.5745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2166L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2166L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 159 total, 120 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130510007569I

## Narrative

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

THE BOSTON FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER ON MAY 11,2013, THAT A PA-28-181 HAD BEEN INVOLED IN AN INCIDENT ON MAY 10,2013. THE INCIDENT REPORTED TO THIS INSPECTOR WAS THAT N2166L, PA-28-181, HAD PORPOISED ON LANDING AT BLOCK ISLAND AIRPORT (BID) RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY.

PICTURES OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE TAKEN BY THE RHODE ISLAND AIRPORT CORPORATION. THE PICTURES SHOW THAT THE PROPELLER OF AIRCRAFT IS SIGNIFICANTLY CURLED BACK ON BOTH BLADES. IN ADDITION, PICTURES OF THE NOSE WHEEL FAIRING SHOWS DAMAGE CONSISTENT TO AIRCRAFT PORPOISING ON THE RUNWAY.LASTLY, PICTURES OF THE RUNWAY SHOW TWO SETS OF PROPELLER STRIKES APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET APART ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY.

THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS IDENTIFIED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THIS INSPECTOR SPOKE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON MAY 13, 2013. DURING THE CONVERSATION WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE STATED HE FLEW FROM FROM MERIDEN MARKHAM AIRPORT (KMMK) TO BLOCK ISLAND AIRPORT (BID)ON MAY 10,2013. DURING THE CONVERSATION, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONFIRMED HE HAD A PROPELLER STRIKE AND THAT HE HAD POSPOISED ON THE RUNWAY.

THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCIDENT WAS VFR AND THE WINDS WERE CALM.

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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