ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352854
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 August 1999 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N31743 |
| MSN: | 34-7870264 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2509 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chatham, MA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Danbury, CT (KDXR) |
| (KCQX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot made a hard landing in his light twin-engine airplane. He thought the airplane had encountered a sudden downdraft during the flare, and a witness stated that it had dropped suddenly from 3-5 feet. It landed on the main landing gear first, followed by the nose gear immediately afterwards. It then bounced twice, coming down hard on the nose gear both times, before finally staying on the ground. Winds at the time were 5 knots, 60 degrees off the nose of the airplane, and two single-engine airplanes had landed ahead of the accident airplane without difficulty. The pilot had about 230 hours of flight time, and 78 hours in the accident airplane. He had received his multi-engine rating the previous day.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC99LA195
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 May 2013 | N31743 | Campbell Associates At Curtiss Aero Inc | 3 | Caroga, NY | |
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| Loss of control | ||||||
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Mar-2024 07:45 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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