# Accident 20150404005239A: Piper PA-28-140, Payson, AZ, April 4, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2015, 10:30 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Airport: Payson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2568° N, 111.3393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAYSON (PAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2568&lon=-111.3393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33691, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33691) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150404005239A

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE PILOT RENTED N33691, A PA-28, FROM WINGS270, LLC AT CHANDLER AIRPORT, AZ.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD A ROUGH LANDING AT PAYSON, AZ. (KPAN), WHICH RESULTED IN A PROPELLER STRIKE.  HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES BEFORE HE DECIDED TO GO-AROUND AND THAT EACH BOUNCE WAS WORSE THAN THE ONE BEFORE.  THE PILOT BLAMED THE ROUGH LANDING ON PILOT INDUCED OSCILLATIONS (PIO.)  HE STATED HE DID NOT KNOW THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED.  HE SAID OUT OF EMBARRASSMENT HE OPTED TO FLY TO HIS NEXT DESTINATION, WINSLOW (KINW), AZ., WHICH IS OVER 50 NM FROM KPAN.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING UNUSUAL WITH THE AIRCRAFT ONLY THAT IT WAS NOT CLIMBING AS WELL.  WHEN HE LANDED AT KINW HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT REQUIRED A GREAT DEAL MORE RUDDER INPUT AND THAT THE THROTTLE WAS STICKING.  ONLY AFTER SHUT DOWN DID HE REALIZE THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DAMAGES.  PILOT FILED A NASA REPORT.  THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS DEEMED THE AIRCRAFT BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR AND WILL SELL THE AIRCRAFT AS SALVAGE.  DAMAGES TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDE; DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE MOUNTS, AND SKIN DAMAGE FROM WHERE TORQUE LINK OF NOSE GEAR IMPACTED AIRCRAFT AFT FIREWALL.

A 44709 LETTER WAS ISSUED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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