Piper PA-32-300, N2989M
Report name:
Piper PA-32-300, N2989M
Piper PA-32-300, N2989M
Registration:
N2989M
N2989M
Type:
Piper PA-32-300
Piper PA-32-300
Location:
Newmarket Racecourse, Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Racecourse, Cambridgeshire
Date of occurrence:
06 October 2007
06 October 2007
Category:
General Aviation - Fixed Wing
General Aviation - Fixed Wing
Summary:
Immediately after touchdown at Newmarket, at the end of a flight from Middleham, the pilot retracted the flaps to prevent ‘float’ in an attempt to improve the aircraft's braking performance. It passed over an undulation in the grass runway surface and became airborne again. The pilot was unable to arrest the subsequent descent and the aircraft made what was described by the pilot as a ‘firm' landing. No specific inspection of the aircraft, other than its normal pre-flight inspection, was carried out at Newmarket and the aircraft returned to Middleham without incident. Two days later, during a routine maintenance inspection, serious structural damage was found affecting both lower wing skins and the right wing leading edge. This damage was considered to have weakened the wing structure sufficiently such that there was a risk of a structural failure during the aircraft’s return flight to Middleham.
Immediately after touchdown at Newmarket, at the end of a flight from Middleham, the pilot retracted the flaps to prevent ‘float’ in an attempt to improve the aircraft's braking performance. It passed over an undulation in the grass runway surface and became airborne again. The pilot was unable to arrest the subsequent descent and the aircraft made what was described by the pilot as a ‘firm' landing. No specific inspection of the aircraft, other than its normal pre-flight inspection, was carried out at Newmarket and the aircraft returned to Middleham without incident. Two days later, during a routine maintenance inspection, serious structural damage was found affecting both lower wing skins and the right wing leading edge. This damage was considered to have weakened the wing structure sufficiently such that there was a risk of a structural failure during the aircraft’s return flight to Middleham.
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