# Incident 20210725016049I: Piper PA-34-200T, Merritt Island, FL, July 25, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2021, 09:00 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 9BZA
- Location: 28.3092° N, 80.6760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Merritt Island, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3092&lon=-80.6760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N109WE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N109WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360-EB (registry code 17288, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-eb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360-EB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210725016049I

## Narrative

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

RAMP PERSONNEL DISCOVERED AND REPORTED DAMAGED PROPELLER TIPS ON RIGHT ENGINE OF N109WE ON 7/25/2021.  OPERATOR ADVISED FSDO OF DAMAGE ON 7/26/2021.  THE FAA PMI FOR^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXAMINED AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE PROPELLER DAMAGE ON 7/26/2021.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LISTED ON PART 135 OP SPEC D085 FOR^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT TIME OF INCIDENT, BUT IT HAD NOT BEEN OPERATED UNDER PART 135 FOR MOST OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.  HOWEVER, IT HAD BEEN SIGNED OUT FOR USE BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT APPLICANT TRAINING AT THE OPERATOR'S FLIGHT SCHOOL, FOR USE ON A COMMERCIAL PILOT AMEL CERTIFICATION CHECK RIDE DURING THE MORNING OF 7/25/2021.  THE DPE WHO ADMINISTERED THE CHECK WAS ADVISED OF THE DAMAGE, AND WAS INTERVIEWED BY HIS FAA MANAGING SPECIALIST, BUT HE STATED THAT HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN APPARENT PROP STRIKE DURING THE CHECK RIDE.  THE DPE STATED THAT ON ONE OF THE LANDINGS, THEY HAD EXECUTED A GO AROUND AFTER A "HARD TOUCHDOWN", BUT HAD NOT HAD ANY INDICATION OF PROPELLER CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED THROUGH INTERVIEW, AND NO PROOF OF AIRMAN COMPETENCY ISSUES WAS ABLE TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUBSEQUENTLY REQUESTED TO REMOVE N109WE FROM D085, AND REASSIGNED IT AS A FLIGHT SCHOOL-ONLY AIRCRAFT.

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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