# NTSB NYC85LA124: Piper PA-28-181, N82054, Stow, MA, May 7, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 7, 1985, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Stow, MA
- Location: 42.4604° N, 71.5180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINUTE MAN AIR FLD (6B6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4604&lon=-71.5180&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): 35874
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35874/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA124

## 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 corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - climb - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PIPER PA28-181N82054 LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY 3 AT MINUTE MAN AIRPORT, STOW, MASS.  THE STUDENT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, ON ONE LANDING, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THEN VEERED TO THE LEFT. RUDDER WAS APPLIED BUT THERE WAS NO REACTION, BEING ONLY A FEW FEET OFF THE RUNWAY THAT AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE NOSE WHERE, SKIN DAMAGE BEHIND THE LEFT WING TIP AND BEHIND THE ENGINE COWL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N82054](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82054), registered now, S/N 28-8390033, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (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: 28-8390033
- Airframe hours: 4
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A3A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: G. Baird Associates
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 6B6, STOW, MA
- Airport: 6B6, Minute Man, runway 3, 2,800 × 48 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken

## 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 19850507017419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850507017419A), May 7, 1985: Piper PA28181, Stow, MA, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the runway after bounced landing. Student pilot.

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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