# Incident 20140407005979I: Piper PA-28R-180, New Castle, PA, April 7, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2014, 11:15 local time
- Place: New Castle, PA
- Airport: New Castle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0253° N, 80.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CASTLE MUNI (UCP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0253&lon=-80.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4984J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4984J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,215 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140407005979I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 7, 2014, N4984J, A PIPER ARROW LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 13 AT KUCP.  THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT IN WHICH HE AND THE STUDENT WERE PERFORMING POWER OFF 180 ACCURACY APPROACHES.  UPON LANDING, THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THEY WOULD MAKE THE RUNWAY.  THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS "GOOD" AND THAT HE DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE GOING TO LAND SHORT.  THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GRASS, SHORT OF RUNWAY 13 AT KUCP AND SKIDDED ABOUT 400 FEET DOWN THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  MARKINGS IN THE GRASS SHOWED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND APPROXIMATELY 210 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD TO THE FINAL STOPPING POINT.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WAS BROKEN AND HANGING FROM THE ATTACH POINTS.  THE PROPELLER WAS BENT ON BOTH TIPS WITH BENDING CONSISTANT TO A LOW POWER SETTING.  THE RUNWAY REVEALED PROPELLER MARKINGS.

## Other reports on N4984J (1)

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

- [Incident 20010822021879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010822021879I), Aug 22, 2001: Piper PA28R180 (N4984J), New Castle, PA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot, a certificated flight instructor, departed the New Castle (pa) municipal airport for a pleasure flight with two passengers aboard. The pilot…

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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