# NTSB CEN16WA152: Piper PA32R, Hampshire, United Kingdom, April 12, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 12, 2016, 13:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Hampshire, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93020
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA152
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93020/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA152

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On April 12, 2016, at 1300 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA-32R-301T airplane, G-MAIE, experienced a hard landing at the Daedalus Airfield (EGHF), Hampshire, United Kingdom. The pilot was not seriously injured, and the airplane sustained damage to the nose wheel assembly and fuselage. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of the United Kingdom. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the United Kingdom. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2HH, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1252 510300 Fax: +44 (0)1252 376999 https://www.aaib.gov.uk

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-MAIE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3257046
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Hampshire
- Destination: Hampshire
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: Daedalus Airfield
- Equipment: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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