- Date
- December 27, 2012, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Middle Bass Island, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N428SPiper PA-32-301
- Defining event
- Landing: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-Cleveland FSDO
- FAA report
- 20121227027539A
- Case key
- 85958
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Probable cause
The pilot did not attain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in impact with the edge of the runway surface.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the airplane touched down short of the runway threshold during landing. When the airplane's landing gear contacted the edge of the paved runway, the right main landing gear separated from the airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right main wing spar. The pilot noted that 1- to 2-foot tall snow piles were at the approach end of the runway.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that the airplane touched down short of the runway threshold during landing. When the airplane's landing gear contacted the edge of the paved runway, the right main landing gear separated from the airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right main wing spar. The pilot noted that there were 1 to 2 foot tall snow piles at the approach end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N428S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8106021
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540 SER, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Griffing Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Griffings Island Airlines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3X5 · N. Bass Island, OH
- Destination
- 3T7 · Middle Bass Island, OH
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 3T7 · Middle Bass Island Arpt, runway 28, 1,852 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 26
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 9, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 500 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 157 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Observed at
- PCW, 11 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.