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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Okeechobee, FL · June 28, 2013

Date
June 28, 2013 · 08:52 local
Place
Okeechobee, FL
Airport
Okeechobee County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N614FT
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13CA307
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
35 total35 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot experienced hard landing at obe on touchdown runway 23. Student pilot attempted go around with full flaps. Student pilot failed to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall. The aircraft heading drifted 90 degrees left of the runway centerline before it impacted the ground in a nose down attitude. The engine was developing power resulting in the aircraft penetrating the airport boundary fence, cutting down a 12 inch diameter palm tree and then flipped over from nose to tail coming to rest inverted. The aircraft firewall was substantially damaged.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED HARD LANDING AT OBE ON TOUCHDOWN RUNWAY 23. STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED GO AROUND WITH FULL FLAPS. STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL. THE AIRCRAFT HEADING DRIFTED 90 DEGREES LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE BEFORE IT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE ENGINE WAS DEVELOPING POWER RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT PENETRATING THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE, CUTTING DOWN A 12 INCH DIAMETER PALM TREE AND THEN FLIPPED OVER FROM NOSE TO TAIL COMING TO REST INVERTED. THE AIRCRAFT FIREWALL WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

NTSB investigation

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