# Accident 20190827008959A: Piper PA-32RT-300T, Ashland, OR, August 27, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2019, 21:00 local time
- Place: Ashland, OR
- Airport: Ashland Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5100° N, 123.3881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5100&lon=-123.3881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2228B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2228B-2020-09-11) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 20 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA518](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA518) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190827008959A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF N2228B BOUNCED THE

LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 AT ASHLAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (S03).  THE AIRPLANE'S SUBSEQUENT CONTACT WITH RUNWAY 30 RESULTED IN MULTIPLE STRIKES OF THE PROPELLER WITH THE ASPHALT SURFACE.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT, AND IT FINALLY CAME TO A STOP IN THE INFIELD BETWEEN RUNWAY 30 AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY.

## 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 GAA19CA518](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA518), Aug 28, 2019: Piper PA32RT (N2228B), Ashland, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced, hard landing and propeller strike, and his subsequent loss of directional control.

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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