Piper PA32RT N2228B

Summary

On 28 August 2019 at about 03:50 local time, a Piper PA32RT registered N2228B was involved in an accident near Ashland, Oregon, 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

28 August 2019 at 03:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Ashland, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Grants Pass (3S8)

Coordinates

42.5100, -123.3881

Aircraft

Piper PA32RT

Registration

N2228B

Category

Airplane

Year built

1978

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Portland → Ashland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA518

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced, hard landing and propeller strike, and his subsequent loss of directional control.    

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during landing, shortly after touchdown, the airplane bounced. The airplane then touched down hard, and the propellers struck the ground. The pilot was unable to maintain directional control, and the airplane exited the runway and came to rest upright on grassy terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing. The pilot did not report any preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.