# Incident 20150218001499I: Piper PA-28R-180, Pensacola, FL, February 18, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2015, 15:38 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Pensacola International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4734° N, 87.1866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PENSACOLA INTL (PNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4734&lon=-87.1866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3256R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3256R-2015-10-19) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,885 total, 1,597 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150218001499I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH WINDS WERE GUSTING AT 30 KNOTS AT 300 ON RUNWAY 26. PILOT WAS USING HEAVY LEFT RUDDER WITH A SLIP TO THE RIGHT. AT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET ALTITUDE THE AIRCAFT DROPPED SUDDENLY BUT THE PILOT CORRECTED AND CONTINUED TO LAND ABRUPTLY ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WHICH COLLAPSED, AS WELL AS THE NOSE GEAR, AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID TO THE RIGHT AND DEPART THE RUNWAY.

PILOT COUNSELED ON OBTAINING A MORE CONCISE WEATHER BRIEF.

## Other reports on N3256R (4)

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

- [Incident 20020625020759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020625020759I), Jun 25, 2002: Piper PA28R180 (N3256R), Chillicothe, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Enroute from college park, pa to louisville, KY two hours into flight pilot noticed oil drops on windshield. Tried to divert to circleville to have a…
- [Incident 20011119030739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011119030739I), Nov 19, 2001: Piper PA28R180 (N3256R), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. (-23) Local area pleasure flight with three takeoff and landings. During the last landing pilot stated the aircraft just settled on the nose and skidded to a…
- [Accident 19940901024859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940901024859A), Sep 1, 1994: Piper PA28R180 (N3256R), Vine Grove, KY, Substantial damage. Landed left main off side of runway wing struck a post. Ground looped, collapsed main gear. Blamed crosswind.
- [Incident 19900207006009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900207006009I), Feb 7, 1990: Piper PA28R180 (N3256R), Frankfort, KY, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower landing gear and landed with gear retracted.

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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