Friendly, MD, USA
N32592
PIPER PA-28-180
The pilot stated that he had a higher-than-normal sink rate on final approach. The airplane landed short, and the left main landing gear struck the lip of the runway. The airplane bounced, then settled back on the runway, and the left wing dropped. The airplane veered off the runway into the grass and the left landing gear fully collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot said that he was carrying two passengers and did not consider the extra weight in the airplane, and that he should have added power sooner to arrest the sink rate.
The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point on landing, which resulted in a collision with the runway lip.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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