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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Sebring, FL · July 19, 2023

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Date
July 19, 2023 · 08:46 local
Place
Sebring, FL
Airport
Sebring Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6862W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
127 total124 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days
N6862WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-21018 · Built 1965Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot written statement below:

"I called and turned base then placed the second notch of flaps and pitched for 90MPH. Subsequently I called final, turned, and pitched for 80 mph entering last notch of flaps. When entering full flaps I felt a grind in the lever but experienced the aerodynamic forces which I believe was full flap extension. I was a little higher than normal but felt this was acceptable given a jet landed before me and the length of the runway available. I pulled throttle to neutral, when assured I was able to reach the threshold and slowly started to rotate maintain approximately 80 mph while ensuring a good sight picture of the runway. I continued my rotation as I was expecting to enter ground effect. At which time the aircraft contacted the runway unexpectedly hard and skipped then bounced at which time I attempted to increased power in an attempt to go around. As I was inputting power the aircraft came in contact with the runway again causing a prop strike and a front gear collapse."

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WRITTEN STATEMENT BELOW:

"I CALLED AND TURNED BASE THEN PLACED THE SECOND NOTCH OF FLAPS AND PITCHED FOR 90MPH. SUBSEQUENTLY I CALLED FINAL, TURNED, AND PITCHED FOR 80 MPH ENTERING LAST NOTCH OF FLAPS. WHEN ENTERING FULL FLAPS I FELT A GRIND IN THE LEVER BUT EXPERIENCED THE AERODYNAMIC FORCES WHICH I BELIEVE WAS FULL FLAP EXTENSION. I WAS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN NORMAL BUT FELT THIS WAS ACCEPTABLE GIVEN A JET LANDED BEFORE ME AND THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY AVAILABLE. I PULLED THROTTLE TO NEUTRAL, WHEN ASSURED I WAS ABLE TO REACH THE THRESHOLD AND SLOWLY STARTED TO ROTATE MAINTAIN APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH WHILE ENSURING A GOOD SIGHT PICTURE OF THE RUNWAY. I CONTINUED MY ROTATION AS I WAS EXPECTING TO ENTER GROUND EFFECT. AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY UNEXPECTEDLY HARD AND SKIPPED THEN BOUNCED AT WHICH TIME I ATTEMPTED TO INCREASED POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND. AS I WAS INPUTTING POWER THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AGAIN CAUSING A PROP STRIKE AND A FRONT GEAR COLLAPSE."