- Date
- November 8, 1986, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomington, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8156CPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861108063849A
- Case key
- 13602
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
According to the plt, the acft bounced upon touchdown. She attempted to reflare the acft, however, it bounced again and a go-around was performed. The acft was then landed without further incident. Following the landing it was determined the acft had received substantial damage during the bounced 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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8156C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 348070122
- Airframe hours
- 1,834
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marilyn E. Trupin
- Registered owner
- Lewis & Marilyn Trupin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 18, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- CMI · Savoy, IL
- Airport
- BMI · Bloomington Normal, runway 29, 6,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 54
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,044 total · 892 in this make and model · 1,710 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.