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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Selkirk, NY · June 11, 2017

Date
June 11, 2017 · 17:30 local
Place
Selkirk, NY
Airport
South Albany
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7351P
Reported as
Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
707 total54 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The aircraft departed 4B0 runway 01 and commenced a left traffic pattern subsequently entering left traffic for 4B0 runway 19. Wind direction at time of event indicated a varible to direct crosswind from the west. The pilot used a minimum flap setting on approach to landing runway 19. Upon landing the aircraft intially touched down approximately 20 feet prior to runway 19. The landing gear was damaged as a result of the impact with the wet grassy soil subsequently resulting in the nose gear departing the aircraft as it transitioned to the runway 19 pavement. The propeller then contacted the runway and the engine was suddenly stopped as the aircraft slid down the runway on the main landing gear and nose cowling.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 4B0 RUNWAY 01 AND COMMENCED A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERING LEFT TRAFFIC FOR 4B0 RUNWAY 19. WIND DIRECTION AT TIME OF EVENT INDICATED A VARIBLE TO DIRECT CROSSWIND FROM THE WEST. THE PILOT USED A MINIMUM FLAP SETTING ON APPROACH TO LANDING RUNWAY 19. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT INTIALLY TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET PRIOR TO RUNWAY 19. THE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT WITH THE WET GRASSY SOIL SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT AS IT TRANSITIONED TO THE RUNWAY 19 PAVEMENT. THE PROPELLER THEN CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND THE ENGINE WAS SUDDENLY STOPPED AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE COWLING.