N3613W is a Piper PA-32-260. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 6 seats, powered by a Lycoming 0-540 series rated at 250 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Chetek, WI. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Apr 1966. It has been registered to its current owner since Feb 2024. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
2024
1966
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The pilot reported that the airplane landed hard and bounced. He attempted to recover by flaring the nose up to bleed off energy as a gust of wind blew the airplane to the left of runway centerline. The pilot stated that during the hard landing he hit his head on the glareshield and momentarily lost consciousness. When he regained consciousness, the airplane was flying towards the trees located to the east of runway 17. The airplane collided with the trees and both wings separated from the fuselage; the airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and empennage.
The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations.
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