Piper PA 34-200T N178SB

Summary

On 11 August 2014 at about 17:52 local time, a Piper PA 34-200T registered N178SB was involved in an accident near Gainesville, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 August 2014 at 17:52

Classification

Accident

Location

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Gainesville Rgnl (GNV)

Coordinates

29.6872, -82.2697

Aircraft

Piper PA 34-200T

Registration

N178SB

Category

Airplane

Year built

1978

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Destin → Ft. Myers

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA14CA406

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, due to thunderstorms along his route of flight he elected to divert to a nearby airport. During landing, the aircraft nose landing gear contacted the runway and the airplane "bounced," which resulted in substantial damage to the forward bulkhead and the windshield center post. According to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the pilot had originally been cleared for an approach to one runway and subsequently performed a go-around due to being above a "normal" glidepath. The flight was then cleared to land on a crossing runway, at the tower controlled airport, entered final for the crossing runway, and upon landing the airplane porposied three times before coming to rest. According to the pilot, there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or abnormalities that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.