# Incident 20150616008589I: Piper PA-31T, Johnstown, PA, June 16, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2015, 20:15 local time
- Place: Johnstown, PA
- Airport: John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3156° N, 78.8347° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN MURTHA JOHNSTOWN/CAMBRIA COUNTY (JST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3156&lon=-78.8347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43WH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43WH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150616008589I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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