# Incident 20190106000119I: Piper PA-32-260, Fallston, MD, January 6, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2019, 16:30 local time
- Place: Fallston, MD
- Airport: Fallston Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5013° N, 76.4113° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALLSTON (W42), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5013&lon=-76.4113&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3618W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3618W-2022-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (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-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 612 total, 37 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190106000119I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED ON FINAL APPROACH THERE WAS A CROSSWIND AT AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH WITH MODERATE TURBULENCE.  HE INCREASE APPROACH SPEED TO ABOUT 7 MPH ABOVE NORMAL WITH 2 NOTCHES OF FLAPS.  HE PLANNED HIS LANDING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ASPHALT OF THE RUNWAY, WHICH HAS A DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF 315 FT.  THE PILOT THEN REPORTED THAT THE TURBULENCE INCREASED AND WIND WAS GUSTING JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. HE HAD A SLIGHT LEFT BANK IN TO CORRECT FOR WIND.  HE THEN REPORTED THAT JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN THE WIND OR TURBULENCE PUSHED THE PLANE DOWN ABOUT 5 FEET SHORT OF THE ASPHALT (APPROXIMATELY 320 FT. SHORT OF THE APPROVED LANDING PORTION OF THE RUNWAY).  THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY BRIEFLY BEFORE DEPARTING THE THE LEFT SIDE, STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SEPARATING FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN AN ADJOINING CORN FIELD.  MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR ITSELF AND THE WING WERE FOUND TO NOT BE SUBSTANTIAL.

METAR KMTN 062045Z 31012G16KT 10SM FEW050 FEW120 12/M02 A3012

METAR KMTN 062154Z 29008KT 10SM FEW200 08/M02 A3016

## Other reports on N3618W (1)

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

- [Accident 20220416013879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220416013879A), Apr 16, 2022: Piper PA-32-260 (N3618W), Grantsville, MD, Destroyed. Aircraft was cruising at 9000 MSL. It began pitching up when on autopilot altitude hold and the pilot, observing that the engine RPM had not changed, concluded…

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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