# NTSB NYC04CA091: Piper PA-28-180, N6535J, Norwood, MA, March 24, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 24, 2004, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC) - Place: Norwood, MA - Coordinates: 42.190277, -71.172775 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1903&lon=-71.1728&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 30, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 58945 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC04CA091 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58945/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA091 ## Probable cause The student pilot failure to recover from a bounced landing. A factor in this accident was the student pilot's lack of solo flight experience. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - terrain condition - snowbank ## Analysis The student pilot was conducting her first unsupervised solo flight, and was practicing takeoffs and landings on a 4,008-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, asphalt runway. She had completed approximately 17 landings prior to the accident; however, during the next landing attempt, her approach was high, and when the airplane contacted the runway, it landed harder, and bounced higher, than usual. The airplane began to porpoise, the propeller struck the runway, and the nose gear collapsed. The airplane then departed the right side of the runway and struck a snow bank. The student pilot did not experience any mechanical problems. She reported 49.2 hours of total flight experience, all in the make and model of the accident airplane. ## Factual narrative On March 24, 2004, about 0845 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-180, N6535J, was substantially damaged while landing at the Norwood Memorial Airport (OWD), Norwood, Massachusetts. The certificated student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the solo instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The student pilot was conducting her first unsupervised solo flight, and was practicing takeoffs and landings on runway 17, a 4,008-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, asphalt runway. The student pilot reported that she had completed approximately 17 landings prior to the accident; however, during the next landing attempt, her approach was high, and when the airplane contacted the runway, it landed harder, and bounced higher, than usual. The airplane began to porpoise, the propeller struck the runway, and the nose gear collapsed. The airplane then departed the right side of the runway and struck a snow bank. The student pilot stated that she did not experience any mechanical problems. She reported 49.2 hours of total flight experience, all in the make and model of the accident airplane. Winds reported at OWD, about the time of the accident, were calm. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6535J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6535J-2007-03-07), registration cancelled 2007-03-07, S/N 28-4976, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-28-180 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-4976 - Airframe hours: 3750 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-A3A 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Keith M. Orr - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 16, 2003, 120 hours before - Departed: OWD, Norwood, MA - Destination: OWD, Norwood, MA - Airport: OWD, Norwood, runway 17, 4,008 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 33; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 48 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken - Temperature: 37 °F, dew point 25 °F - Altimeter: 30.54 inHg - Observed at: OWD ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20040324004179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040324004179A), Mar 24, 2004: Piper PA28180, Norwood, MA, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot on first unsupervised solo. Pilot had completed approximately 15 touch and goes in a one hour flight. The last approach had a higher than… From the NTSB's public API. 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