# Incident 20180829023699I: Piper PA-32RT-300T, Springfield, KY, August 29, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2018, 22:06 local time
- Place: Springfield, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6947° N, 85.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6947&lon=-85.2178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2148B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2148B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180829023699I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CANCELLED IFR 10 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT AT NIGHT AND "STATED GOOD VISIBILITY, CLEAR SKY AND WIND CALM. SET UP APPROACH AT 95 KTS, SUDDENLY AIRSPEED DROPPED TO 80, WHEN I REALIZED IT I ADDED PWR WITH NO EFFECT, I TRIED TO FLARE BUT YOKE WAS FULL AFT, WE HIT RUNWAY WITH GEAR DOWN AT A PRETTY STEEP DECENT RATE AND LOST CONTROL EXITING RUNWAY IN THE GRASS TO THE LEFT NOSE GEAR COLAPSED STRIKING PROPELLER. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. NO INJURIES.

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