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FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Sussex, NJ · May 18, 2014

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Date
May 18, 2014 · 15:00 local
Place
Sussex, NJ
Airport
Susssex
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9592W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,550 total900 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days
N9592WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-23040Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilotprivacy data omitted on personal business flight making approach to rwy 03 at Sussex NJ (fwn), stated he was"a bit fast on final". He touched down once and bounced, touched down again and bounced, thought he could salvage the next touchdown but landed hard and damaged the nose gear, resulting in damage to the prop and cowling. The pilot stated that "it was bad pilotage" and indicated that there was nothing wrong with the aircraft or runway, and that the crosswind was only a minor factor.

Post accident inspection of the aircraft shows both prop blades curled from the tips and scratched on the front; nose gear bent aft approximately 45 degrees from normal, upper nose gear support tubes broken and lower tubes bent(the nose gear support structure is intergal to the engine mount support frame on this aircraft); several punctures in the belly aft of the firewall from impact of the nose wheel fairing; firewall and cabin heat mixing box deformed from impact with nose gear structure. Nose wheel fairing broken, external exhaust pipe scratched.

All aerodynamic and engine controls are continuous and correct, no pre impact anomalies to fusalage, empanage, landing gear, or wings were noted.

Landing runway was 03, wind from 270 steady at 10.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON PERSONAL BUSINESS FLIGHT MAKING APPROACH TO RWY 03 AT SUSSEX NJ (FWN), STATED HE WAS"A BIT FAST ON FINAL". HE TOUCHED DOWN ONCE AND BOUNCED, TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN AND BOUNCED, THOUGHT HE COULD SALVAGE THE NEXT TOUCHDOWN BUT LANDED HARD AND DAMAGED THE NOSE GEAR, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND COWLING. THE PILOT STATED THAT "IT WAS BAD PILOTAGE" AND INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT OR RUNWAY, AND THAT THE CROSSWIND WAS ONLY A MINOR FACTOR.

POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWS BOTH PROP BLADES CURLED FROM THE TIPS AND SCRATCHED ON THE FRONT; NOSE GEAR BENT AFT APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES FROM NORMAL, UPPER NOSE GEAR SUPPORT TUBES BROKEN AND LOWER TUBES BENT(THE NOSE GEAR SUPPORT STRUCTURE IS INTERGAL TO THE ENGINE MOUNT SUPPORT FRAME ON THIS AIRCRAFT); SEVERAL PUNCTURES IN THE BELLY AFT OF THE FIREWALL FROM IMPACT OF THE NOSE WHEEL FAIRING; FIREWALL AND CABIN HEAT MIXING BOX DEFORMED FROM IMPACT WITH NOSE GEAR STRUCTURE. NOSE WHEEL FAIRING BROKEN, EXTERNAL EXHAUST PIPE SCRATCHED.

ALL AERODYNAMIC AND ENGINE CONTROLS ARE CONTINUOUS AND CORRECT, NO PRE IMPACT ANOMALIES TO FUSALAGE, EMPANAGE, LANDING GEAR, OR WINGS WERE NOTED.

LANDING RUNWAY WAS 03, WIND FROM 270 STEADY AT 10.