20051117027249A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28RT-201 · Bakersfield, CA · November 17, 2005

Date: November 17, 2005 · 12:00 local
Place: Bakersfield, CA
Airport: Meadows Field
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2863X
NTSB investigation: NTSBLAX06CA038
Reported as: Piper PA28RT201
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total1,000 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N2863XRegistration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Piper PA-28RT-201S/N 28R-7918181 Airframe modelPiper PA-28RT-201

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What happened

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(-23) The pilot had been declared for a short approach while on downwind to runway 30R and flew through the extended centerline of the runway while on right base leg an estimated altitude of 40' above ground level. The aircraft was observed by ATC personnel to enter a steep right bank to final approach and to lose altitude rapidly. It was observed to land hard on the right main gear which immediately broke off, followed by the left wing coming down hard. The remaining two landing gear legs broke off and the aircraft came to a stop. The aircraft landed in an overrun approximately 1200 feet short of the runway. The pilot (sole occupant) is a certificated flight instructor who reported that she was on a VFR flight from kptv to kbfl and believed she made a hard but otherwise normal landing followed by a gear collapse. She received no injuries but the aircraft suffered major structural damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT HAD BEEN DECLARED FOR A SHORT APPROACH WHILE ON DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 30R AND FLEW THROUGH THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY WHILE ON RIGHT BASE LEG AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 40' ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY ATC PERSONNEL TO ENTER A STEEP RIGHT BANK TO FINAL APPROACH AND TO LOSE ALTITUDE RAPIDLY. IT WAS OBSERVED TO LAND HARD ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WHICH IMMEDIATELY BROKE OFF, FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING COMING DOWN HARD. THE REMAINING TWO LANDING GEAR LEGS BROKE OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN AN OVERRUN APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT) IS A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO REPORTED THAT SHE WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM KPTV TO KBFL AND BELIEVED SHE MADE A HARD BUT OTHERWISE NORMAL LANDING FOLLOWED BY A GEAR COLLAPSE. SHE RECEIVED NO INJURIES BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB LAX06CA038Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBakersfield, CAthe pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an accelerated stall and hard landing.Nov 17, 2005 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N2863X · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19920425017729IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Coalinga, CAPilot struck a parked aircraft while taxiing in the run-up area.Apr 25, 1992 · Minor damage