# Accident 20200930020209A: Piper PA-28-140, Oregon City, OR, September 30, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2020, 11:30 local time
- Place: Oregon City, OR
- Airport: Fairways Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3207° N, 122.5512° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3207&lon=-122.5512&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5397S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5397S-2023-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA332) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200930020209A

## Narrative

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

ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2020, A PIPER PA-28-140, REGISTERED AS N5397S, SERIAL NUMBER 28-7125108, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT FAIRWAYS AIRPORT (OG20) IN OREGON CITY, OR.  THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

THE PILOT EXPALINED THAT WE WAS CONDUCTING HIS THIRD SOLO FLIGHT AND WAS OUT PRACTICING.  ON RETURN TO OG20, THE PILOT RECALLED THAT HE WAS FAST ON FINAL BUT COULD NOT RECALL BY HOW MUCH.  HE REMEBERED TOUCHING DOWN APPROX. 900 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY.  HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON LANDING, FLOATED IN GROUND EFFECT AND TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN.  HE EXPLAINED THAT HE BEGAN TO LOSE DIRECTIONALCONTROL AFTER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AFTER HITTING A HANGAR.

## 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 WPR20LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA332), Sep 30, 2020: Piper PA28 (N5397S), Oregon City, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a bounced landing, loss of directional control and subsequent collision with a hangar.

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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