- Date
- October 27, 1990, 10:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- Bally, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3HAPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901027047209A
- Case key
- 36832
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failiure to maintain directional control.
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 landing the airplane bounced after touching down on the main landing gear. Realizing there was a slight upgrade the pilot pulled back on the yoke and landed on all tires. The airplane then glided and the pilot felt that he was taxiing down the runway. The airplane slowly drited to the left off the runway and collided with a tree. Two pieces of the front wheel rim were found on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3HA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-762
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl F. Maschauer
- Departed
- GED · Georgetown, DE
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 7N8 · Butter Valley Golf Port, runway 34, 2,476 × 35 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 50 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 1.5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.