# Accident 20160505004519A: Piper PA-32RT-300T, Gainesville, GA, May 5, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2016, 18:00 local time
- Place: Gainesville, GA
- Airport: Lee Gilmer Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2736° N, 83.8314° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2736&lon=-83.8314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4450S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4450S-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 515 total, 401 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160505004519A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 05, 2016 APPROXIMATELY 1800, LOCAL TIME THE PILOT OF N4450S WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO?S ON RUNWAY 29 AT GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA AIRPORT [KGVL]. ON THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT THE PILOT STATED A GUST OF WIND PICKED THE AIRCRAFT UP HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT ROLLED LEFT WING DOWN AND PITCH NOSE DOWN AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE ON CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA222), May 5, 2016: Piper PA32RT (N4450S), Gainesville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an appropriate descent rate during the landing flare in gusty crosswind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing, left main landing gear collapse, and runway…

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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