- Date
- May 24, 2008, 17:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Sandusky, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N31982Piper PA-34-200T
- Defining event
- Landing: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Cleveland, OH, FSDO
- FAA report
- 20080524838819A
- Case key
- 68115
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudging the flare and not maintaining airspeed during the landing.
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 he and a safety pilot were on a simulated instrument flight rules cross country flight. He said that while on final the airplane "got too slow." During the flare the airplane "quit flying and dropped short" of the prepared runway surface. The pilot reported the airplane landed hard "resulting in damage to aircraft." No mechanical malfunctions were reported reference the flight.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he and a safety pilot were on a simulated instrument flight rules cross country flight. He said that while on final the airplane "got too slow." During the flare the airplane "quit flying and dropped short" of the prepared runway surface. The pilot reported the airplane landed hard "resulting in damage to aircraft." No mechanical malfunctions were reported reference the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31982
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7870282
- Airframe hours
- 4,848
- Engines
- Continental LTSIO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocatingContinental TSIO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Barry L. Hardesty
- Registered owner
- Givens Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 2008
- Departed
- LOU · Louisville, KY
- Destination
- SKY · Sandusky, OH
- Airport
- SKY · Griffing Sandusky, runway 9, 3,559 × 60 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2006
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 371 total · 29 in this make and model · 298 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Other flight crew
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Foreign, Commercial, Airline transport, Private, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Observed at
- LPR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.