# NTSB NYC84LA035: Piper PA-28-140, N557FL, Farmingdale, NY, November 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 21, 1983, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Coordinates: 40.729747, -73.440986 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7297&lon=-73.4410&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35472
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35472/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA035

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose down, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

WIND WAS GUSTING 40 KTS WITH A REPORTED LOW LEVEL WINDSHEAR. THE PLT STATED HIS APPROACH SPEED WAS FAST & HE POSSIBLY DID NOT FLARE ENOUGH ON LANDING. THE ACFT LANDED HARD & PORPOISED. ON THE THIRD BOUNCE A STRONG GUST OF CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT WAS ENCOUNTERED, THE LEFT WING WAS LIFTED UP AS THE NOSE DROPPED, BENDING THE NOSE GEAR SIDEWAYS. THE PROP THENMADE GROUND CONTACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N557FL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N557FL-1998-10-26), registration cancelled 1998-10-26, S/N 287125397 (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: 28-7125397
- Airframe hours: 4395
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Registered owner: East Coast Airways
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 26, 1983, 95 hours before
- Departed: GON, GROTON, CT
- Airport: FRG, Republic, runway 32, 6,826 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 117 total, 4 in this make and model, 50 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 28 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19831121067399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831121067399A), Nov 21, 1983: Piper PA28140, Farmingdale, NY, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing in a gusty surface wind. Side load on nose wheel caused it to collapse.

## Other investigations on N557FL (1)

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.

- [NTSB IAD97LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA115), Aug 31, 1997: Piper PA-28-140 (N557FL), Gardiner, NY, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to initiate a go-around. A related factor is the pilot's misjudgment of speed and altitude.

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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