# Accident 20140806015059A: Piper PA-34-220T, Gulf Shores, AL, August 6, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2014, 10:45 local time
- Place: Gulf Shores, AL
- Airport: Jack Edwards Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2872° N, 87.6683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2872&lon=-87.6683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N212RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N212RW-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,886 total, 615 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA376](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA376) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140806015059A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES THAT HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 AT KJKA WAS NORMAL.  AS PILOT BEGAN HIS FLARE, HIS NOSE WHEEL HIT FIRST, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE INTO THE AIR APPROXIMATELY 10 -15 FEET.  PILOT STATES HE ADDED POWER AND FELT THE AIRCRAFT VEER TO THE LEFT.  THE LEFT WING TIP HIT THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CONTINUE TURNING TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN  CONTINUED TRAVELING ACROSS THE GRASS SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY AND TOWARDS THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY.  THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF AND THEN RIGHT MAIN GEAR BROKE OFF. LEFT WING WAS BENT UPWARDS, LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLERS WERE BENT SLIGHTLY AFT,  INDICATING A LOW POWER SETTING DURING GROUND CONTACT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING 350 DEGREES ON THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY.

## 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 ERA14CA376](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA376), Aug 6, 2014: Piper PA 34-220T (N212RW), Gulf Shores, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and subsequent loss of aircraft control.

## Other reports on N212RW (1)

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

- [Incident 20100912043829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100912043829I), Sep 12, 2010: Piper PA-34-220T (N212RW), Dickson, TN, Minor damage. Pilot landed gear up at Dickson Municipal Airport (M02) Dickson Tennessee. Stated he forgot to put the gear down.

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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