# Accident 20220619010689A: Piper PA-38-112, Gaithersburg, MD, June 19, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2022, 15:58 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Motgomery County Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2512N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2512N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 295 total, 18 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220619010689A

## Narrative

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

GUSTY WINDS ON APPROACH; RIGHT OF CENTERLINE; HARD LANDING AND WHEELBARROWING/PORPOSING ON TOUCHDOWN

ACCOMPANYING PASSENGER WAS ALSO A PILOT AND CFI; PASSENGER SAID "A LITTLE RIGHT OF COURSE", AND INFORMED PIC TO "GO AROUND";  PIC DOES NOT REMEMBER WHO APPLIED POWER;

AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLIMB; PIC OBSERVED 1,700 RPM; THROTTLE FULLY FORWARD; NO UNUSUAL SOUNDS; PIC QUESTIONED SELF "WHY ISN'T THE AIRPLANE CLIMBING?" APPROACH WAS RIGHT OF CENTERLINE; PILOT BELIEVED IT WAS STRONG OR GUSTY WINDS; ON GO-AROUND, AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLIMB AFTER APPLYING FULL POWER

ENGINE MOUNTS WERE CRUMPLED; LANDING GEAR FOLDED AND TORN OFF

## 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 ERA22LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA286), Jun 19, 2022: Piper PA-38-112 (N2512N), Gaithersburg, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control during the landing flare in gusting wind conditions.

## Other reports on N2512N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900614034949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900614034949I), Jun 14, 1990: Piper PA38112 (N2512N), Winston Salem, NC, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout.

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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