# Incident 20160129006979I: Piper PA-38-112, Hartford, CT, January 29, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2016, 13:25 local time
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7367° N, 72.6494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7367&lon=-72.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250YA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N250YA-2020-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160129006979I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 29, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:25 EST AIRCRAFT N250YA, A PIPER PA38, S/N 38-79A0341, WHILE TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 02 AT HARTFORD-BRAINARD AIRPORT (HFD) ATTEMPTED TO ROTATE BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND WAS ABLE TO TAXI TO THE RAMP. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. WEATHER WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, WINDS WERE 14 KNOTS AT 330 DEGREES GUSTING TO 22 KNOTS.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE FOLLOWING:  BOTH FIBERGLASS WING TIPS SHOWED EVIDENCE OF SCRAPE MARKS ON THE AFT OUTBOARD EDGE. BOTH AILERONS TRAILING EDGES WERE DENTED APPROXIMATELY TEN INCHES FROM THE OUTBOARD END, AND THE LEFT AILERON TRAILING OUTBOARD TIP HAD A TEAR THROUGH THE SKIN.

THE PIC STATED THE FOLLOWING: WHILE SIMULATING A SOFT-FIELD TAKEOFF THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB AND THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY SLAMMED TO THE GROUND ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, BOUNCED BACK UP AND DRIFTED TO THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PIC IMMEDIATELY TOOK OVER CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND AFTER SEVERAL MORE BOUNCES WAS ABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE GROUND AND IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. THE PIC STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW THE WING TIPS HIT UNTIL AFTER HE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT.

ATC CONTROLLER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY WHILE STARTING TO CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SHARPLY LEFT AND THEN IMMEDIATELY RIGHT BEFORE COMING BACK DOWN ON ALL LANDING GEAR. THE CONTROLLER SAW THE WINGS ROCKING BUT WAS UNABLE TO SAY IF THEY HIT THE GROUND. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE GUSTING PRETTY STRONG AND THAT SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT THERE WAS A REPORT OF WIND SHEAR.

## Other reports on N250YA (1)

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

- [Accident 20161223024429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161223024429A), Dec 23, 2016: Piper PA-38-112 (N250YA), Hartford, CT, Substantial damage. On December 23 student pilot zi jie siaw piloted N250YA from kpou to khfd. At approximately 1300 LCL, while attempting landing on runway 20 with a 5 knot…

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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