- Date
- December 28, 1989, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N831SRPiper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891228057229A
- Case key
- 32610
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Probable cause
Excessive airspeed for landing and improper flare by the pilot, which resulted in an inadvertent porpoise; and the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing. A related factor was the crosswind condition.
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
The plt was initially cleared to land on rwy 32, but his clearance was changed to rwy 22. Also, the plt was asked to keep his speed up. He stated that at 200 ft, his airspeed was indicating 89 KTS & he elected to land long. After touchdown, the acft began porpoising. Subsequently, the nose gear & propeller were damaged, but the pilot was able to taxi the acft to the FBO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N831SR
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7770416
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hietfield, Richard V.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- SAV · Savannah, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SRQ · Sarasota-Bradenton, runway 22, 5,004 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 387 total · 110 in this make and model · 229 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SRQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
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