# Incident 20170226003329I: Piper PA-28-235, Holland, MI, February 26, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2017, 12:30 local time
- Place: Holland, MI
- Airport: Tulip City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7676° N, 86.0986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Holland, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7676&lon=-86.0986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9181W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9181W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 572 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170226003329I

## Narrative

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

HOLLAND, MI (BIV)WHILE ON THE ILS 26 APPROACH AT ABOUT 300 FT AGL PILOT ELECTED TO NOT DEPLOY ADDITIONAL FLAPS (FLAPS WAS SET THE FIRST NOTCH AS PART OF THE PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST) BECAUSE OF A STRONG CROSSWIND AND SOME GUSTING (200@13 G18KTS).  PILOT KEPT THE AIRCRAFT IN A CRAB UNTIL ABOUT 50 TO 100 FEET BEFORE THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD WHEN HE TRANSITIONED TO A SLIP. PILOT HELD THE SLIP THROUGHOUT THE FLARE.  THE LEFT MAIN GEAR MADE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY HOWEVER, A VERY STRONG GUST LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT A FEW FEET FROM THE GROUND, ROLLED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AND OFF OF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT.  PILOT CONTINUED TO HOLD LEFT AILERON AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A SAFE LANDING IN THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA BECAUSE THE AIRSPEED HAD DETERIORATED TO A POINT WHICH A GO-AROUND WAS NOT POSSIBLE.  WHEN THE GEAR CONTACTED THE GRASS AREA, IT SUNK IN AND WHEN THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE GRASS, IT COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED  ANOTHER  100 FEET AND THEN STOPPED. NOSE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.

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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