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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Williamsport, PA · June 28, 2014

Date
June 28, 2014 · 18:15 local
Place
Williamsport, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9002F
Reported as
Piper PA-28-151
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
10 total10 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Instructor did not have enough altitude to correct a sudent error on short final. Student retarded throttle when throttle should have been applied. Aircraft landed 20 feet short of runway, bounced onto runway.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO CORRECT A SUDENT ERROR ON SHORT FINAL. STUDENT RETARDED THROTTLE WHEN THROTTLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED. AIRCRAFT LANDED 20 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY, BOUNCED ONTO RUNWAY.