# Accident 20000630004759A: Piper PA38112, Montgomery, AL, June 30, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2000, 09:50 local time
- Place: Montgomery, AL
- Airport: Dannelly Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3404° N, 86.4001° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3404&lon=-86.4001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9713T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9713T-2001-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000630004759A

## Narrative

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

WHILE BEING SUPERVISED BY HIS INSTRUCTOR ON AN OBSERVED FIRST SOLO THE STUDENT OVERCONTROLLED THE A/C AFTER EXPERIENCING A GUST OF WIND. BECAUSE THE STUDENT DID NOT ADD POWER AND GO AROUND, HE CAUSED THE A/C TO PORPOISE AND THEN HIT NOSE FIRST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT THAT CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AS WELL AS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE A/C. (.4)ON JUNE 30, 2000, ABOUT 0950 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-38, N9713T, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY MONTGOMERY AVIATION CORPORATION, AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT MONTGOMERY REGIONAL AIRPORT, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 0910. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT IT WAS HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT, AND DURING HIS SECOND TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING, AS HE FLARED, A GUST CAUGHT THE AIRPLANE, AND IT PORPOISED, BOUNCING THREE TIMES. THE STUDENT FURTHER STATED THAT DURING THE THIRD BOUNCE THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND, AND HE KNEW THERE WAS                 NO POSSIBILITY OF A GO AROUND. THE STUDENT SAID HE THEN TRIED TO STABILIZE THE AIRCRAFT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO, AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE, INCURRING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA00LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA194), Jun 30, 2000: Piper PA-38-112 (N9713T), Montgomery, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control upon encountering variable winds during the landing flare/touchdown and his failure to recover from the resulting bounced landing which…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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