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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · East Hartford, CT · March 30, 2019

Date
March 30, 2019 · 11:51 local
Place
East Hartford, CT
Airport
Hartford-Brainard
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3077M
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total120 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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.

^Ms. Keady^ was interviewed by phone and provided a statement of the events involved. ^Ms. Keady^ was performing a solo flight as directed by her certified flight instructor from premier flight school. ^Ms. Keady^ was returning from windham airport (ijd) for landing Brainard airport (hfd) runway 20R with full flaps set when moments before touchdown N3077M experienced gusty winds/windshear and bounced the aircraft 3 or 4 times on runway 20. ^Ms. Keady^ was contacted by ATC immediately and questioned about windshear, and responded she was unsure. N3077M was taxied by ^Ms. Keady^ to premier flights ramp area without incident. ^Ms. Keady^ performed her post flight inspection of N3077M after parking the aircraft and didn't notice the extremely small propeller strike on each blade.

As the FAA filed it

^MS. KEADY^ WAS INTERVIEWED BY PHONE AND PROVIDED A STATEMENT OF THE EVENTS INVOLVED. ^MS. KEADY^ WAS PERFORMING A SOLO FLIGHT AS DIRECTED BY HER CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FROM PREMIER FLIGHT SCHOOL. ^MS. KEADY^ WAS RETURNING FROM WINDHAM AIRPORT (IJD) FOR LANDING BRAINARD AIRPORT (HFD) RUNWAY 20R WITH FULL FLAPS SET WHEN MOMENTS BEFORE TOUCHDOWN N3077M EXPERIENCED GUSTY WINDS/WINDSHEAR AND BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT 3 OR 4 TIMES ON RUNWAY 20. ^MS. KEADY^ WAS CONTACTED BY ATC IMMEDIATELY AND QUESTIONED ABOUT WINDSHEAR, AND RESPONDED SHE WAS UNSURE. N3077M WAS TAXIED BY ^MS. KEADY^ TO PREMIER FLIGHTS RAMP AREA WITHOUT INCIDENT. ^MS. KEADY^ PERFORMED HER POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF N3077M AFTER PARKING THE AIRCRAFT AND DIDN'T NOTICE THE EXTREMELY SMALL PROPELLER STRIKE ON EACH BLADE.