# Accident 20201010015349A: Piper PA-24-250, Friendly, MD, October 10, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2020, 10:30 local time
- Place: Friendly, MD
- Airport: Potomac
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7487° N, 76.9558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7487&lon=-76.9558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155TE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N155TE-2023-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201010015349A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 10, 2020 AT 0950, THE CREW WAS RETURNING FROM AN INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES CHECK.  DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOW AND SHORT OF THE TOUCHDOWN POINT.  THE PILOT AT THE CONTROLS (UNDER INSTRUCTION) ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, LANDED HARD, BOUNCED, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT,  AND CAME TO A REST IN THE GRASS.COMMENTS:  SPAS CHECKED.  BOTH PILOTS WERE CURRENT IN THEIR FLIGHT REVIEW, MEDICAL, AND CURRENCY REQUIREMENTS.  BOTH ALSO MET SFRA TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION IN THAT AIRSPACE.  THE CFI INITIALLY DECLARED THAT THE PILOT UNDER INSTRUCTION WAS THE PIC.  HOWEVER, AFTER PROVIDING SAMPLES OF NTSB CASE LAW AND AN EXPLANATION OF THE RELEVANT CFRS, HE AGREED THAT THIS WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AND THAT HE WAS THE PIC.

RECORDS:

-	INVESTIGATION:  EA27202101347

-	REMEDIAL TRAINING:  EA27202102113

ACTIONS TAKEN:  THE CFI/PIC AGREED TO REMEDIAL TRAINING TO COVER THE TOPICS OF CFI?S DUTIES AS THE PIC, POWER-ON STALL, POWER-OFF STALL, AND GO-AROUND.  THE TRAINING HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE FAAST PM ON 11/25/2020 FOR COORDINATION.  THE PILOT UNDER INSTRUCTION AGREED TO TAKE FURTHER TRAINING WITH A CFI ON POWER-ON STALLS, POWER-OFF STALLS, SLOW FLIGHT, AND GO-AROUND.  HE COMPLETED THIS TRAINING ON 11/20/2020 AND PROVIDED A PHOTO OF THE LOGBOOK SIGNOFF.

THE PIC COMPLETED RT ON 12/30/2020 (DELAYED DUE TO COVID-19 ISSUES) AND AN RT COMPLETION LETTER WAS EMAILED TO THE PIC AS A PDF ATTACHMENT.

NO FURTHER ACTION, CLOSED.

## 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 ERA21LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA015), Oct 10, 2020: Piper PA24 (N155TE), Friendly, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted landing and the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action.

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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