# Incident 20210709010509I: Piper PA-34-200T, Rostraver, PA, July 9, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2021, 16:30 local time
- Place: Rostraver, PA
- Airport: Rostraver
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2097° N, 79.8314° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSTRAVER (FWQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2097&lon=-79.8314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444DH-2022-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,475 total, 76 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210709010509I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS IN BOUND ON RUNWAY 8, HE HAD A 9 KNOT CROSS WIND AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND HE FELT A GUST OF AIR.  AS HE TRIED TO LAND, THE NOSE TIRE STRUCK THE GROUND FIRST.  AS THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, HE ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND AND ABORTED THE LANDING.  THE SECOND LANDING WAS FINE. UPON SHUT DOWN HE REALIZED THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND ON THE INITIAL ATTEMPTED LANDING AND THE NOSE TIRE WAS FLAT.

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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