# Incident 20250304005269I: Piper PA-24-400, Port Clinton, OH, March 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2025, 11:28 local time
- Place: Port Clinton, OH
- Airport: Erie-Ottawa International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5163° N, 82.8695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ERIE-OTTAWA INTL (PCW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5163&lon=-82.8695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702JD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N702JD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720-A1B (registry code 41949, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-a1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-400
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720-A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,828 total, 26 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250304005269I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS THE SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY.  NORMAL START UP AND RUN UP FOR RUNWAY 18.  TAKEOFF POWER WAS NORMAL, THE ONLY DEVIATIONS WERE CYLINDER #8 WAS INDICATING 425 DEGREES ON CLIMB OUT AND THE OIL TEMPERATURE ON THE JPI SHOWED HIGH WHILE THE ANALOG SHOWED NORMAL.  THE OTHER HAPPENING WAS THE THROTTLE VENEER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, WHEN THE PILOT LET GO OF THE THROTTLE, THE ENGINE WENT TO IDLE.

PILOT MADE A LEFT CROSSWIND DEPARTURE TO FLY A BIT TO DIAGNOSE ISSUES, MAYBE FOR 20 MINUTES.  PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE FIELD ENTERING ON A 45 TO THE DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 18, LOWERED FLAPS TO ½ WHILE THE THROTTLE WENT TO IDLE.  JPI WAS FLASHING BOTH #8 CYLINDER AND OIL TEMPERATURE AS “HIGH” EVEN WHILE AT IDLE.  TURNED BASE, DROPPED GEAR TO WHAT I ENVISIONED AS A “GREEN” LIGHT. TURNED TO FINAL AND ADDED FULL FLAPS WHILE ENGINE AGAIN DROPPED TO IDLE.

PILOT CROSSED THE NUMBERS AT A STANDARD 90 MPH, SLOWED TO 85 MPH, NORMAL FEELING TOUCHDOWN TO GEAR COLLAPSING ON THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH, NORMAL EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN AND EXIT AIRCRAFT TO SIDE OF RUNWAY 18. RUNWAY 18 WITNESS MARKS SHOWS PROPELLER CONTACT AND NO ADDITIONAL MARKS FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET, IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED.

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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