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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-220T · Council Bluffs, IA · January 17, 2017

Date: January 17, 2017 · 23:30 local
Place: Council Bluffs, IA
Airport: Council Bluffs Municipal Airpo
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: PHKA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4327N
Reported as: Piper PA-34-220T
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,535 total700 in this make and model51 in the last 90 days

N4327NRegistered now · Piper PA-34-220TS/N 34-8433026 · Built 1983 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-220T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airman was on a part 91 leg empty returning from part 135 trip dropping off passengers. Landing at his home base in cbf. Said he had normal speed and decent rate on a left hand pattern approach into runway 18. The main gear contacted the runway sooner than he had planned and the aircraft porpoised onto nose wheel then back to main gear. Pilot then pulled control wheel fully aft to stop the action and settled onto the runway. He taxied to the ramp to park and secured aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN WAS ON A PART 91 LEG EMPTY RETURNING FROM PART 135 TRIP DROPPING OFF PASSENGERS. LANDING AT HIS HOME BASE IN CBF. SAID HE HAD NORMAL SPEED AND DECENT RATE ON A LEFT HAND PATTERN APPROACH INTO RUNWAY 18. THE MAIN GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SOONER THAN HE HAD PLANNED AND THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ONTO NOSE WHEEL THEN BACK TO MAIN GEAR. PILOT THEN PULLED CONTROL WHEEL FULLY AFT TO STOP THE ACTION AND SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY. HE TAXIED TO THE RAMP TO PARK AND SECURED AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N4327N · 1

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

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