# Accident 20190626008049A: Piper PA-34-220T, State College, PA, June 26, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2019, 13:18 local time
- Place: State College, PA
- Airport: University Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8500° N, 77.8475° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8500&lon=-77.8475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N497SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N497SA-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 60 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA435](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA435) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190626008049A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT FROM KCEF TO KUNV ON JUNE 26, 2019, LANDING RNWY 24, CALM WINDS, CLEAR DAY, DRY RUNWAY, PILOT LANDED HARD BOUNCING THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE AND BOUNCED FIVE TIMES CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND RIGHT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR TO FAIL. AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS AND THEN SLID OFF THE RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA19CA435](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA435), Jun 26, 2019: Piper PA34 (N497SA), State College, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a bounced landing and landing gear collapse.

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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