- Date
- September 3, 1982, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kralltown, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4370XPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820903047889A
- Case key
- 71291
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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
During a power off approach, the aircraft began to drop when it was at about 35 ft AGL on final approach. The instructor pilot reported that he applied full power, retracted one notch of flaps and tried to get the aircraft to climb. However, the aircraft landed hard, bounced, then touched down hard again. During the landing, the propeller, nose gear and engine mounts were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4370X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7625014
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Capital City Aviation
- Registered owner
- Capital City Aviation
- Departed
- CXY · Harrisburg, PA
- Destination
- CXY · Harrisburg, PA
- Airport
- 07N · Bermudian Valley, runway 34, 2,200 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,007 total · 99 in this make and model · 713 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.