# Accident 20140308015669A: Piper PA-28-140, Salisbury, NC, March 8, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2014, 12:00 local time
- Place: Salisbury, NC
- Airport: Rowan County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6458° N, 80.5203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6458&lon=-80.5203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4335T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4335T-2018-05-30) (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 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 200 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140308015669A

## Narrative

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

ON 3/8/2014 AT 1200 EDT, PIPER PA-28, N4335T, REGISTERED TO JULEP ARBOR FLYING LLC, ENCOUNTERED ROTOR WAKE TURBULENCE DURING THE LANDING ROUND-OUT WHILE OVER THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY (RWY) 20 AT ROWAN COUNTY (RUQ) AIRPORT, SALISBURY NORTH CAROLINA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED; NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT AT RUQ WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91.

## 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 ERA14CA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA150), Mar 8, 2014: Piper PA-28-140 (N4335T), Salisbury, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's decision to continue the landing in close proximity to a landing helicopter, resulting in an encounter with rotor vortices, loss of airplane control, and collision with…

## Other reports on N4335T (1)

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

- [Incident 19890321023139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890321023139I), Mar 21, 1989: Piper PA28140 (N4335T), Manhattan, KS. Rough engine and losing power. Precautionary landing in a field. Landed safely. Cause undetermined.

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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