# Accident 20161223024429A: Piper PA-38-112, Hartford, CT, December 23, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 41.7333° N, 72.6494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7333&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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161223024429A

## Narrative

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

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 CROSSWIND, AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD AT AN ANGLE TO RUNWAY HEADING. THE NOSE GEAR SUPPORT ASSY BROKE UNDER SIDE LOAD AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON REMAINING NOSE GEAR STRUT. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE PERSON ON BOARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOR THE FIREWALL BUCKLED ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF CENTER. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SUPPORT ARM WAS BENT OUTWARD. THE RUDDER SYSTEM WAS HYPER EXTENDED WITH RESULTANT BROKEN ROD END AT NOSE GEAR ATTACHMENT AND MINOR SKIN DAMAGE LOWER LH FUSELAGE. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY, WAS SCORED WITH THE TIPS BENT BACK.

## 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 GAA17CA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA099), Dec 23, 2016: Piper PA38 (N250YA), Hartford, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced hard landing.

## Other reports on N250YA (1)

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

- [Incident 20160129006979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160129006979I), Jan 29, 2016: Piper PA-38-112 (N250YA), Hartford, CT, Minor damage. 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)…

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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