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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Beverly, MA · February 3, 2001

Date: February 3, 2001
Place: Beverly, MA
Airport: Beverly Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2159H
Reported as: Piper PA28161
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total550 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

N2159HRegistered now · Piper PA-28-161S/N 28-7916192 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Student and instructor were practicing cross wind landings, student was making the landing and was getting ready to touch down and the instructor told him to make a go around. The student applied full power and pulled the yoke back all the way causing the stall warning horn to activate. The instructor took over the controls but the a/c drifted to the left and landed in the snow. The nose wheel was snapped in off by side loads and the prop struck the ground.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE PRACTICING CROSS WIND LANDINGS, STUDENT WAS MAKING THE LANDING AND WAS GETTING READY TO TOUCH DOWN AND THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD HIM TO MAKE A GO AROUND. THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER AND PULLED THE YOKE BACK ALL THE WAY CAUSING THE STALL WARNING HORN TO ACTIVATE. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS BUT THE A/C DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AND LANDED IN THE SNOW. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS SNAPPED IN OFF BY SIDE LOADS AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND.