# Accident 20140811018609A: Piper PA-34-200T, Gainsville, FL, August 11, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2014, 13:52 local time
- Place: Gainsville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6872° N, 82.2697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6872&lon=-82.2697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N178SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N178SB-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (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-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA406](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA406) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140811018609A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON A IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM DTS TO HIS HOME BASE FMY WHEN WEATHER BEGAN TO DETERIORATE ALONG HIS PLANNED ROUTE. HE CANCELED HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND DIVERTED TO GNV TO WAIT FOR THE WEATHER TO CLEAR. HE WAS INITIALLY CLEARED TO LAND GNV RUNWAY 7, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REALIZING HE WAS TOO HIGH AND CLOSE TO MAKE RUNWAY 7 REQUESTED FROM THE TOWER, AND RECEIVED PERMISSION TO PERFORM A 360 DEGREE TURN. AT THE COMPLETION OF THIS MANEUVER HE WAS IN A BETTER POSITION TO LAND RUNWAY 11. GNV TOWER CLEARED HIM FOR A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH FOR LANDING RUNWAY 11. THE CONTROLLER REPORTED THE WIND WAS CALM AT THE TIME. THE PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT HIS APPROACH WAS NORMAL. HE STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND FAST AND HE BOUNCED THREE TIMES. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY AND NOSE GEAR MOUNT WAS DRIVEN UPWARD ABOUT 3 TO 4 INCHES CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD BULKHEAD, EXTERNAL NOSE SECTION TOP SKINS AND DAMAGE TO THE WINDSHIELD CENTER POST AND WINDSHIELD. IN ADDITION THE RIGHT PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND SEVERELY DAMAGING BOTH PROPELLER BLADES. HE TAXIED TO THE SIDE OF THE ACTIVE RUN WAY WHERE HE SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT, HE INFORMED GNV TOWER HE HAD AN ACCIDENT AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE IN MOVING HIS AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM UNIVERSITY AIR CENTER FBO RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT AND TOWED IT TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR FOR STORAGE. MR. MORGAN STATED HE HAS NEVER LANDED AT GNV BEFORE. HE STATED HE HAS OWNED THIS AIRCRAFT FOR 15 YEARS HAS ABOUT 1,000 HOURS IN THE AIRCRAFT WITH APPROXIMATELY 1400 LANDINGS. HE STATED THE WEATHER AT GNV WAS LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT WIND, HE DIDN?T FEEL THE WEATHER WAS A FACTOR. HE STATED HIS TOTAL TIME WAS ABOUT 2,000 HOURS, HIS LAST BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW WAS PERFORMED ON 05/06/13.

## 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 ERA14CA406](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA406), Aug 11, 2014: Piper PA 34-200T (N178SB), Gainesville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.

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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