# Accident 20220622010939A: Piper PA-28-140, Manassas, VA, June 22, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2022, 10:38 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas Regional/Harry P. Davis F
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7210° N, 77.5151° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7210&lon=-77.5151&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6599W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6599W-2023-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA285) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220622010939A

## Narrative

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

ON 06/22/2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1038HRS EDT, UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 16L AT KHEF, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OFF OF THE LANDING GEAR, RECOVERED, THEN BOUNCED A SECOND TIME OFF OF THE LANDING GEAR, THEN SETTLED DOWN ONTO THE GEAR, AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 245 FEET, AS MEASURED FROM THE FIRST PROPELLER STRIKE, GROUND INDICATION, BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.  WEATHER WAS CLEAR, 10SM, WINDS WERE, 180 AT 5 KNOTS.

## 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 ERA22LA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA285), Jun 22, 2022: Piper PA-28-140 (N6599W), Manassas, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and subsequent nose landing gear collapse.

## Other reports on N6599W (1)

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

- [Incident 20140421024389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140421024389I), Apr 21, 2014: Piper PA-28-140 (N6599W), Franklin, PA, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Landed aircraft N6599W on runway 21 at fkl. The aircraft ran off the left side of the runway and struck a runway sign with the right…

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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