# Accident 20090711010439A: Piper PA28235, Rutherfordton, NC, July 11, 2009 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 11, 2009, 12:30 local time - Place: Rutherfordton, NC - Airport: Rutherford Co - Marchman Field - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.4281° N, 81.9353° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4281&lon=-81.9353&mi=10 - Aircraft: N8658W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8658W-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235 - Reported engine: LYC O540* - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Student - Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 11 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA395) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090711010439A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23)RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE ATL COM CENTER (1340 LOCAL) STATING THAT HE WAS GOING TO PATCH ME THROUGH TO A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THERE HAD BEEN AN ACCIDENT AT RUTHERFORDTON, NC (FQD). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (CFI) STATED THAT HE HAD SOLOED HIS STUDENT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, (APPROX 1230) AND THE STUDENT LANDED TOO FAR LEFT OF CENTERLINE, TRIED TO GO AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED UP, STALLED, AND CRASHED IN THE TREES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT HIS STUDENT HAD SOME SCRAPS AND BRUISES BUT NO BROKEN BONES AND THAT HE WAS TAKEN TO THE RUTHERFORDTON COUNTY HOSPITAL. HE SAID THAT THERE WAS AROUND 50 GALS OF FUEL ONBOARD THE AIRPLANE AND THAT THE EMERGENCY CREWS WERE TRYING TO SECURE THE AIRCRAFT. ONE OF THE WINGS HAD COME OFF AND THE AIRPLANE ENDED UP IN A RAVINE AND WAS TOTALED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH THE NTSB WAS ALSO PATCHED THROUGH BY THE COM CENTER AND HE WAS TOLD THAT THE PILOT HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR SCRAPES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE WOODS AND THAT IT APPEARED FROM CONVERSATION THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. SPOKE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AGAIN AND ASKED HIM TO FIND OUT THE CONDITION OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THAT WE NEEDED TO MEET ON MONDAY. 07/12/09 CALLED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HE HAD SPOKE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY AND THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO MEET ON MONDAY AROUND 5:00 OR 5:30. A MEETING WAS SCHEDULED FOR THAT TIME. 07/13/2009 ON SCENE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THEY HAD PLANNED A SHORT CROSS COUNTRY FROM DONALDSON (GYH) TO RUTHERFORDTON (FQD) AIRPORT THAT MORNING AND THAT THEY DID FIVE (5) LANDINGS AT RUTHERFORDTON PRIOR TO THE INSTRUCTOR GETTING OUT OF THE AIRPLANE TO ALLOW HIS STUDENT TO SOLO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT HE DID TWO (2) TOUCH AND GO'S AND ON THE THIRD HE GOT TOO FAR LEFT AND TRIED TO GO AROUND AND WENT INTO A STALL. THE AIRPLANE CRASHED APPROX 2000 FT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19. THERE WAS ABOUT 5 KTS OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT BUT DID NOT FEEL THAT WAS A FACTOR. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE OR AIRPLANE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD SOLO FOR HIS STUDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROVIDED THIS TOTAL TIME OF 570 HOURS AND THAT OF HIS STUDENT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OF 30.6 TOTAL TIME AND 3.8 SOLO. OF THAT TOTAL TIME, 11.2 WERE IN THE PA-28-235 AIRPLANE. ## 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 ERA09CA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA395), Jul 11, 2009: Piper PA-28-235 (N8658W), Rutherford, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while performing a go-around which resulted in a stall. ## Other reports on N8658W (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19790727021679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790727021679I), Jul 27, 1979: Piper PA28235 (N8658W), Goodridge, MN, Minor damage. Nose wheel stuck in soft spot of grass runway, then collapsed. From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. 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