# Accident 20100508033669A: Piper PA-28-235, Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, May 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2010, 10:20 local time
- Place: Lake Havasu Cit, AZ
- Airport: Lake Havasu City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5711° N, 114.3583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5711&lon=-114.3583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N918JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N918JR-2013-09-17) (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 PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100508033669A

## Narrative

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

ON 5-8-10 AT 1020 HOURS MST N918JR, A PIPER PA-235 AIRCRAFT, PILOTED BY STUDENT PILOT RICKI-LEE HALLING, WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT LAKE HAVASU CITY AIRPORT.  THE APPROACH WAS UNSTABLE, A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED, AND THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP, BANKED 90 DEGREES LEFT, STALLED, WENT INVERTED AND HIT THE GROUND NEAR TAXIWAY BRAVO THAT WAS  569 FEET WEST OF RUNWAY 32.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLIDDING INIVERTED ON THE PAVEMENT AND CAME TO REST 747 FEET WEST OF RUNWAY 32 NEXT TO THE SHADE HANGARS.

## 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 WPR10CA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA233), May 8, 2010: Piper PA-28-235 (N918JR), Lake Havasu City, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a go-around, resulting in a stall/mush.

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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