# Accident 20100906045699A: Piper PA-28R-200, Berrien Springs, MI, September 6, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2010, 15:24 local time
- Place: Berrien Springs, MI
- Airport: Andrews University Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9517° N, 86.3675° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9517&lon=-86.3675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N404SE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N404SE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,960 total, 29 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA522](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA522) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100906045699A

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING FROM A INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, CFI INITIATED A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT @ 4500' MSL IN WHICH THE STUDENT STARTED A SPIRALING DESCENT TO RUNWAY 13 WITH RIGHT-HAND TURNS. AT 1700' MSL, A TURN TO A CLOSE BASELEG WAS MADE WITH GEAR AND FLAPS BEING LOWERED AT THAT POINT. TURN TO FINAL OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE BY APPROX 200'. STUDENT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A STEEP TURN TO CORRECT OVERSHOOT BUT WAS STOPPED BY INSTRUCTOR AND TOLD IT WOULD BE BETTER TO MAKE LINE-UP CORRECTIONS AFTER ESTABLISHED ON FINAL. AT APPROX 200'AGL, STUDENT PULLED BACK ON YOKE TO ARREST DESCENT DUE TO CONCERN FOR NEARBY TREES. INSTARUCTOR STOPPED THAT ACTION BY PUSHING YOKE FORWARD TO MAINTAIN BEST GLIDE. AT APPROX 100'AGL, STUDENT AGAIN PULLED THE YOKE BACK AND STALLED WHILE TURNING ONTO A HARD LEFT BANK RESULTING IN A RAPID DESCENT AND A HARD LANDING ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. LEFT MAIN GEAR FAILED AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT SIDE APPROX. 200' DOWN RUNWAY 13.

## 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 CEN10CA522](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA522), Sep 6, 2010: Piper PA-28R-200 (N404SE), Berrien Springs, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N404SE (1)

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

- [Incident 20191014014279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191014014279I), Oct 14, 2019: Piper PA-28R-200 (N404SE), Berrian Springs, MI, Minor damage. On October 15, 2019 at 2337 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28R-200 aircraft, N404SE, registered to a 14 code of federal regulation (CFR) part 141 flight…

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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