20040620010569A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Gulf Shores, AL · June 20, 2004

Date
June 20, 2004 · 09:45 local
Place
Gulf Shores, AL
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N82451
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL04CA135
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total500 in this make and model403 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) While turning from base leg to final leg of landing approach, pilot in command allowed airplane to stall with insufficient altitude to recover.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TURNING FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL LEG OF LANDING APPROACH, PILOT IN COMMAND ALLOWED AIRPLANE TO STALL WITH INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO RECOVER.

NTSB investigation

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