- Date
- April 21, 1982, 15:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- White Plains, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N477FLPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 73036
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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
After returning from a local flight, the pilot landed in winds that were gusting to 20 knots. At about the flare point, he felt the aircraft drop. He added power and pulled back on the yoke, but the aircraft bounced on the nose. The porpeller, nose gear, engine mount, and cowling were damaged; however, the pilot was able to taxi the aircraft off of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N477FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7125282
- Airframe hours
- 6,028
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Westchester Aeronautical Corp.
- Registered owner
- Westchester Aeronautical Corp.
- Departed
- White Plains, NY
- Destination
- White Plains, NY
- Airport
- Westchester County, runway 34, 6,550 × 150 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 59 total · 59 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 147 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg