19970616014249A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Minneapolis, MN · June 16, 1997

Date
June 16, 1997 · 20:38 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Crystal Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2455F
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI97LA169
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Second solo bounced landing. Tried go around full flaps. Exited runway through fence in residential yard. (-23) during student pilot's second solo. Student bounced during a landing and decided to go around. Student added and received full power from engine as evidenced by witnesses and later prop strikes. A very high angle of attack was maintained with flaps in full down position. Aircraft floundered at low airspeed with significant left drift. The aircraft narrowly missed a fuel truck, FBO and a hangar finally striking a wire before crashing into hurricane fence. Aircraft skidded across street stopping in families' yard.

As the FAA filed it

SECOND SOLO BOUNCED LANDING. TRIED GO AROUND FULL FLAPS. EXITED RUNWAY THROUGH FENCE IN RESIDENTIAL YARD. (-23) DURING STUDENT PILOT'S SECOND SOLO. STUDENT BOUNCED DURING A LANDING AND DECIDED TO GO AROUND. STUDENT ADDED AND RECEIVED FULL POWER FROM ENGINE AS EVIDENCED BY WITNESSES AND LATER PROP STRIKES. A VERY HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK WAS MAINTAINED WITH FLAPS IN FULL DOWN POSITION. AIRCRAFT FLOUNDERED AT LOW AIRSPEED WITH SIGNIFICANT LEFT DRIFT. THE AIRCRAFT NARROWLY MISSED A FUEL TRUCK, FBO AND A HANGAR FINALLY STRIKING A WIRE BEFORE CRASHING INTO HURRICANE FENCE. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ACROSS STREET STOPPING IN FAMILIES' YARD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.