# Incident 20170117007159I: Piper PA-34-220T, Council Bluffs, IA, January 17, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2017, 23:30 local time
- Place: Council Bluffs, IA
- Airport: Council Bluffs Municipal Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PHKA
- Location: 41.2601° N, 95.7586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COUNCIL BLUFFS MUNI (CBF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2601&lon=-95.7586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4327N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4327N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,535 total, 700 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170117007159I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20120322003979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120322003979I), Mar 22, 2012: Piper PA-34-220T (N4327N), Oneill, NE, Minor damage. Through the landing sequence, the r/h propeller contacted the runway, which resulted in the propleller blades being damaged. No other damage to the aircraft…

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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