# Accident 20211027018189A: Piper PA-32R-301T, Maysville, KY, October 27, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2021, 18:05 local time
- Place: Maysville, KY
- Airport: Fleming-Mason
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5418° N, 83.7434° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5418&lon=-83.7434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4363W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4363W-2022-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 349 total, 338 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211027018189A

## Narrative

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

WX AT TIME OF ACCIDENT:

KFGX 272155Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM OVC018 09/06 A2995 RMK AO2 T00920055

ACCORDING TO PILOT'S STATEMENT:

ON CHECK OF THE WEATHER PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM TN44, WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT 4-5 KNOTS AT FGX.  TAKE OFF FROM TN44 UNEVENTFUL. SKY WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS AND VARIABLE WIND. PILOT DECIDED TO USE RUNWAY 25 FOR LANDING. ON ARRIVAL, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC IN PATTERN. PILOT ENTERED A 45 FOR RUNWAY 25.  PILOT STATED HE WAS AT

1900. AS PILOT APPROACHED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, FELT A GUST OF WIND PUSH HIM FROM BEHIND AND TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, FELT THE PLANE LIFT AND PULL TO THE LEFT. PILOT CORRECTED BACK TO THE RIGHT AND CENTER BEFORE FURTHER DECENT. PILOT COULD THEN TELL HE WAS CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT PULLED BACK TO

FLARE AND TOUCH BACK WHEELS TO THE GROUND. STATED IT SEEMED LIKE IT TOOK LONGER THAN NORMAL FOR THE WHEELS TO TOUCHDOWN, BUT STILL FELT AS IF HE WAS FINE, AND HAD ENOUGH RUNWAY TO STOP. ONCE NOSE CAME DOWN, PILOT REALIZED HE HAD VERY LITTLE RUNWAY LEFT....ABOUT 1/4. AT THAT POINT, DECIDED IT WAS TOO LATE TO ACCELERATE AND ABORT THE LANDING AND APPLIED HEAVY BRAKES. PILOT SLOWED, BUT THE PLANE SKID ON THE RUNWAY. PILOT LET UP AND APPLIED BRAKES AGAIN. AT THAT POINT, PILOT REALIZED HE WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  DECIDED TO MAKE A HARD LEFT INTO THE GRASS. AIRCRAFT STILL HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT SPEED WHEN PILOT TURNED LEFT INTO THE GRASS. STATED "ALTHOUGH I SLOWED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, I LAND AT 90-110 KNOTS IN MY PLANE, AND MY PLANE HAD SKID AND HYDROPLANED ON MY INITIAL BREAKING." WHEN PILOT TURNED LEFT, AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE GRASS, JUST OFF AND LEFT (SOUTH) AT END OF RUNWAY 25, NEAR TAXIWAY INTERSECTION, (APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 7) 180 DEGREES OF DIRECTION OF INTENDED LANDING; DAMAGING TWO THRESHOLD LIGHTS.

UPON ARRIVAL TO AIRPORT TO TAKE PHOTOS AND ASSESS DAMAGE, THIS INSPECTOR FOUND AIRCRAFT ON SHORING WITH POLICE LINE TAPE ENCOMPASSING AIRCRAFT, PROP TO TAIL, WINGTIP TO WINGTIP, ON PARKING RAMP. THIS INSPECTOR NOTED ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES BENT FORWARD. LEFT, RIGHT AND NOSE GEAR COMPONENTS DAMAGED/BROKEN WITH POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO SPAR/SUB-SPAR ASSY AT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSY ATTACH POINTS. DAMAGED/WRINKLED WING AT RIGHT, AFT WING ATTACH POINT. WRINKLING/STRESS POINTS NOTED IN VARIOUS AREAS OF RIGHT WING SPAR CAP. DAMAGE TO UNDER BELLY AT AND AFT OF RIGHT WING. LEFT FLAP, TRAILING EDGE, BENT.  ENGINE EXHAUST PIPE DAMAGED, PUSHED UP AND CURLED.  UNABLE TO INSPECT FIREWALL AT THAT TIME. FLAPS IN RETRACTED POSITION.  GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION.

## 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 ERA22LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA042), Oct 27, 2021: Piper PA32R (N4363W), Flemingsburg, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to obtain the proper touchdown point or go-around, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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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