# Incident 20230719010849I: Piper PA-28-140, Sebring, FL, July 19, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2023, 08:46 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Airport: Sebring Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4564° N, 81.3424° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEBRING RGNL (SEF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4564&lon=-81.3424&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6862W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6862W) (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: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 124 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230719010849I

## Narrative

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

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."

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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