What happened
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Pilot was practicing touch and go landings, lost airspeed, stalled on final approach, crash landed. (-23) on may 30, 1996, at 1513 central daylight time, a Piper PA28-161, N8275Z, registered to and operated by le tourneau university as a title 14 CFR part 141, instructional flight, was substantially damaged following a loss of control during the landing phase of flight at Longview, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed. The flihgt instructor and commercial pilot rated student were not injured. The flight originated from Gregg County Airport Longview, Texas about 1410, and was performing power off landings at the time. The aircraft impacted the runway damaging both wings, fire wall, fuselage, vertical stabilizer, and separated the landing gear from the aircraft. According to an operator report, the commercial pilot rated student was practicing power off landings to runway 17. During the second power off landing, the student initiated a forward slip to lose altitude. When the airplane came out of the slip it was reported the airspeed indicated 60 knots. The nose dropped and the flight instru ctor was unable to correct the nose low attitude and impacted the runway.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, LOST AIRSPEED, STALLED ON FINAL APPROACH, CRASH LANDED. (-23) ON MAY 30, 1996, AT 1513 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA28-161, N8275Z, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY LE TOURNEAU UNIVERSITY AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 141, INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT AT LONGVIEW, TEXAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE FLIHGT INSTRUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL PILOT RATED STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GREGG COUNTY AIRPORT LONGVIEW, TEXAS ABOUT 1410, AND WAS PERFORMING POWER OFF LANDINGS AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY DAMAGING BOTH WINGS, FIRE WALL, FUSELAGE, VERTICAL STABILIZER, AND SEPARATED THE LANDING GEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT. ACCORDING TO AN OPERATOR REPORT, THE COMMERCIAL PILOT RATED STUDENT WAS PRACTICING POWER OFF LANDINGS TO RUNWAY 17. DURING THE SECOND POWER OFF LANDING, THE STUDENT INITIATED A FORWARD SLIP TO LOSE ALTITUDE. WHEN THE AIRPLANE CAME OUT OF THE SLIP IT WAS REPORTED THE AIRSPEED INDICATED 60 KNOTS. THE NOSE DROPPED AND THE FLIGHT INSTRU CTOR WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY.
NTSB investigation
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