What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) While on a part 141 training flight the appropriately rated and qualified flight instructor was giving duel instruction to a student holding a private pilot certificate. While practicing short field landings on runway 18 at pickneyville/duquoin airport the private pilot let the aircraft get too slow and dropped it in just short of the runway, striking 2 runway threshold lights. The flight was terminated and the student, instructor and 1 passenger exited the aircraft without injury. The aircraft suffered damage to the left horizontal stabilizer leading edge skin and the top skin, a UHF (DME) antenna was broken off the aircraft belly and the fuselage suffered a deep dent in the belly between and just forward of the main landing gear.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) WHILE ON A PART 141 TRAINING FLIGHT THE APPROPRIATELY RATED AND QUALIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS GIVING DUEL INSTRUCTION TO A STUDENT HOLDING A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. WHILE PRACTICING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 18 AT PICKNEYVILLE/DUQUOIN AIRPORT THE PRIVATE PILOT LET THE AIRCRAFT GET TOO SLOW AND DROPPED IT IN JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING 2 RUNWAY THRESHOLD LIGHTS. THE FLIGHT WAS TERMINATED AND THE STUDENT, INSTRUCTOR AND 1 PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE SKIN AND THE TOP SKIN, A UHF (DME) ANTENNA WAS BROKEN OFF THE AIRCRAFT BELLY AND THE FUSELAGE SUFFERED A DEEP DENT IN THE BELLY BETWEEN AND JUST FORWARD OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.
NTSB investigation
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