# Accident 20180321009779A: Piper PA-24-250, Knox, IN, March 21, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2018, 17:55 local time
- Place: Knox, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3256° N, 86.6622° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3256&lon=-86.6622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6785P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6785P-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (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-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180321009779A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT INSTRUCTION FOR AIRCRAFT OWNER.  ON ABOUT THE 10TH LANDING, THE AIRPLANE BALLOONED AND LANDED HARD.  THE LEFT WING WAS BENT DOWNWARD AT ABOUT THE HALFWAY POINT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA18CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA195), Mar 21, 2018: Piper PA24 (N6785P), Knox, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N6785P (1)

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

- [Accident 20181213023479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181213023479A), Dec 13, 2018: Piper PA-24-250 (N6785P), Valparaiso, IN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On December 13, 2018, the pilot-in-command (PIC) of N6785P, a Piper PA-24-250 aircraft, was departing Porter county regional airport (vpz) on a return flight…

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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