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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-160 · White Plains, NY · April 3, 2023

Date
April 3, 2023 · 15:30 local
Place
White Plains, NY
Airport
Westchester County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8500D
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA23LA186
Reported as
Piper PA-22-160
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,797 total2,356 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Hpn tower reported: White Plains, NY (hpn): privacy data omitted, PA22, cartwheeled on the runway after encountering a gust of wind while attempting to land on runway 16. The aircraft came to rest right side up. POB: unknown, injuries: none, damage: extent unknown. 04/03/2023 1930Z

Hpn operations review of the surveillance camera footage revealed the aircraft landed on rwy 16 and exited the pavement. The aircraft suddenly stopped and tipped over forward with the nose, propeller and right wing striking the turf, followed by the left wing striking before the aircraft righted itself and returned to rest on its gear.

As the FAA filed it

HPN TOWER REPORTED: WHITE PLAINS, NY (HPN): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PA22, CARTWHEELED ON THE RUNWAY AFTER ENCOUNTERING A GUST OF WIND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 16. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST RIGHT SIDE UP. POB: UNKNOWN, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 04/03/2023 1930Z

HPN OPERATIONS REVIEW OF THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA FOOTAGE REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 16 AND EXITED THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY STOPPED AND TIPPED OVER FORWARD WITH THE NOSE, PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING STRIKING THE TURF, FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING STRIKING BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT RIGHTED ITSELF AND RETURNED TO REST ON ITS GEAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.