ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198927
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| Date: | Thursday 19 August 2010 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N348TF |
| MSN: | 28-7790598 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4100 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oakland, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cumberland, MD (CBE) |
| Oakland, MD (2G4) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he was established on final approach, with wind reported from 310 degrees at 5 knots. He reduced the power to maintain a 500 foot-per-minute (fpm) descent rate. As the airplane slowed to 110 knots, the pilot lowered one notch of flaps. He realized that he was high on the approach, so he lowered the nose and increased the descent rate to 700 fpm. He then lowered two more notches of flaps, and the airplane continued to slow down. Over the runway threshold, the pilot began to flare and heard the stall warning horn. He misjudged his height above the runway and did not add power in the flare as the stall warning continued. He flared about 15 feet above the runway, the airplane landed hard, and the initial touchdown forced the main gears up through the wings. The airplane then bounced twice and skidded off the left side of the runway and down an embankment; the left wing and the landing gear separated during the event. The pilot reported that there were no preexisting mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 December 2006 | N348TF | 0 | Cumberland, Maryland | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Aug-2017 16:03 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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