Pilot Debrief

PIPER PA-28-180 near Friendly, MD — 2021-04-28

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Date
2021-04-28
Location
Friendly, MD, USA
Airport
VKX
Aircraft
PIPER PA-28-180
Registration
N32592
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point on landing, which resulted in a collision with the runway lip.

NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he had a higher-than-normal sink rate on final approach. The airplane landed short, and the left main landing gear struck the lip of the runway. The airplane bounced, then settled back on the runway, and the left wing dropped. The airplane veered off the runway into the grass and the left landing gear fully collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot said that he was carrying two passengers and did not consider the extra weight in the airplane, and that he should have added power sooner to arrest the sink rate.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

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Docket documents3

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