# Accident 20200308000429A: Piper PA-28-180, Eolia, MO, March 8, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2020, 16:30 local time
- Place: Eolia, MO
- Airport: Harvey
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2128° N, 90.9172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2128&lon=-90.9172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7525W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7525W-2020-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,406 total, 1,384 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200308000429A

## Narrative

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

WHILE LANDING TO THE SOUTH ON RWY 18, AT HARVEY AIRPORT MO35, AIRCRAFT N7525W MADE A HARD LANDING AND BOUNCED.  AFTER THE BOUNCE, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND RUN OFF RUNWAY INTO THE ADJACENT TREES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT RAN INTO TREES WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

44709 INVESTIGATION CE037093496 PTRS WWG CE03202001662.

## 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 CEN20CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA117), Mar 8, 2020: Piper PA28-180 (N7525W), Eolia, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a bounced landing, loss of directional control, runway excursion, and impact with a tree.

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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