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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31T · Johnstown, PA · June 16, 2015

Date
June 16, 2015 · 20:15 local
Place
Johnstown, PA
Airport
John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N43WH
Reported as
Piper PA-31T
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total800 in this make and model80 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.

While landing a PA-31T (N43WH) on runway 33 at Johnstown-Cambria county airport during adverse weather conditions (thunderstorm). It was reported that during the landing flare, a burst of water and wind hit the aircraft causing it to drift to the left resulting in the propeller striking a runway edge marking light.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING A PA-31T (N43WH) ON RUNWAY 33 AT JOHNSTOWN-CAMBRIA COUNTY AIRPORT DURING ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS (THUNDERSTORM). IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING FLARE, A BURST OF WATER AND WIND HIT THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING IT TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING A RUNWAY EDGE MARKING LIGHT.