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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Monroe, NC · August 24, 2017

Date
August 24, 2017 · 18:00 local
Place
Monroe, NC
Airport
Charlotte-Monroe Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
6P8S
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3805T
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-180
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Unknown or foreign certificate

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.

On August 25, 2017 privacy data omitted pressley aviation, a CFR part 141 flight school, contacted the clt FSDO to report that during a preflight inspection, N3805T had been found damaged at Monroe-Charlotte excutive airport(eqy). The aircraft had been flown twice on August 24th by two different pilots. privacy data omitted Stated that the damaged looked to have been caused by "over stressing" the aircraft during flight. During an onsite investigation by inspectors from this office it was determined that the damage had been caused by a hard landing and not an over stressed situation. Damage appears to be isolated to the left wing, outboard of main landing gear attach point. A wing rib just outboard of main landing gear is crushed and has been pulled loose from the forward spar, the aft spar has a small bend in line with landing gear attach point and both upper and lower wing skin surfaces have areas of wrinkles. There is a small hole in the upper skin where the crushed rib attached to the forward spar.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 25, 2017 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PRESSLEY AVIATION, A CFR PART 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL, CONTACTED THE CLT FSDO TO REPORT THAT DURING A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, N3805T HAD BEEN FOUND DAMAGED AT MONROE-CHARLOTTE EXCUTIVE AIRPORT(EQY). THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLOWN TWICE ON AUGUST 24TH BY TWO DIFFERENT PILOTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE DAMAGED LOOKED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY "OVER STRESSING" THE AIRCRAFT DURING FLIGHT. DURING AN ONSITE INVESTIGATION BY INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN CAUSED BY A HARD LANDING AND NOT AN OVER STRESSED SITUATION. DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE ISOLATED TO THE LEFT WING, OUTBOARD OF MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINT. A WING RIB JUST OUTBOARD OF MAIN LANDING GEAR IS CRUSHED AND HAS BEEN PULLED LOOSE FROM THE FORWARD SPAR, THE AFT SPAR HAS A SMALL BEND IN LINE WITH LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINT AND BOTH UPPER AND LOWER WING SKIN SURFACES HAVE AREAS OF WRINKLES. THERE IS A SMALL HOLE IN THE UPPER SKIN WHERE THE CRUSHED RIB ATTACHED TO THE FORWARD SPAR.