# NTSB NYC82DA076: Piper PA-28-140, N477FL, White Plains, NY, April 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 21, 1982, 15:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Location: 41.0238° N, 73.7510° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of White Plains, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0238&lon=-73.7510&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73036
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73036/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA076

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N477FL-1998-03-10), registration cancelled 1998-03-10, S/N 28-7125282 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7125282
- Airframe hours: 6028
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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