# Incident 20000606032629I: Piper PA28150, Tonopah, NV, June 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2000, 10:45 local time
- Place: Tonopah, NV
- Airport: Tonopah
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0599° N, 117.0866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TONOPAH (TPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0599&lon=-117.0866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5737W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5737W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-150 (registry code 7102804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 79 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000606032629I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)JUNE 6, 2000, AT 0955 PDT, THE STUDENT PILOT TOOK OFF FROM TONOPAH AIRPORT (TPH), IN N5737W, A PIPER PA-28-150, PRATICING FLIGHT MANEUVERS FOR HIS CHECKRIDE. DURING HIS FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 1045-1100 PDT, THE STUDENT DECIDED TO PERFORM SOFT FIELD LANDINGS AT MUD LAKE.  THE STUDENT STATED THAT HE HAD PERFORMED PREVIOUS LANDINGS AT MUD LAKE WITH HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.  THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED FROM THE NORTH-NORTHWEST, WITH THE WIND AT 170 DEGREES, AT 8 KNOTS.  AT ABOUT 10 FT TO 15 FT ABOVE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT FELT THE NOSE PITCH UP AND THE AIRSPEED DROP, RESULTING IN A STALL, AND A HARD LANDING ON THE DRY LAKEBED.  ON IMPACT  THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF CAUSING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND SEVERAL TIMES.  THE RIGHT-HAND AND LEFT-HAND WING DEVELOPED SMALL WRINKLES FROM THE IMPACT AND THE NOSE COWLING HAD SEVERAL PLACES THAT WERE BENT AND BUCKLED.  THE DISTANCE FROM IMPACT TO THE AIRCRAFT FINAL RESTING WAS APPROXIMATELY 115 FT TO 120 FT.  NO POST-CRASH FIRE OR INJURIES WERE NOTED.  THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS ARE IN QUESTION.  AND WILL REFER TO 44709 RIDE.  STUDENT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO LAND ON MUD LAKE.  AND DURING THE LANDING, STUDENT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN  A DOWNWIND APPROACH, WHICH RESULTED IN STALLING THE AIRCRAFT AND CAUSING A HARD LANDING ON THE DRY LAKEBED.

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