# Accident 20090511010689A: Piper PA28140, Danville, PA, May 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: Danville, PA
- Airport: Danville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9486° N, 76.6428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9486&lon=-76.6428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8403R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8403R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA287) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090511010689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT STALLED AIRCRAFT OVER RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 30' HIGH.  AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE LOW, LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE.  NOSEWHEEL AND TIRE DESTROYED, PROP CONTACTED RUNWAY.  PILOT SUSTAINED A SEVERE BACK INJURY.

## 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 ERA09CA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA287), May 11, 2009: Piper PA-28-140 (N8403R), Danville, PA, minor damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain control during a landing.

## Other reports on N8403R (1)

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

- [Accident 19751117040219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751117040219A), Nov 17, 1975: Piper PA28140 (N8403R), Englewood, FL, Substantial damage

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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