- Date
- September 13, 1992, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4319APiper PA 22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920913055889A
- Case key
- 11848
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate flare resulting in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a spot landing contest, the pilot reported that as the airplane touched down, he felt the front of the float ' dig in,' so he applied back pressure. A witness reported that the airplane landed hard on the water and cartwheeled. According to the FAA, the pilot touched down too fast as he was trying to force the touchdown point to be between the marker pylons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4319A
- Reported as
- Piper PA 22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3671
- Airframe hours
- 2,646
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale Earle
- Registered owner
- Dale E Earle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1992 · 20 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 509 total · 468 in this make and model · 420 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BGR, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.