# Accident 20130811014279A: Piper PA-24-250, Hesperia, CA, August 11, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2013, 09:00 local time
- Place: Hesperia, CA
- Airport: Hesperia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3769° N, 117.3158° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3769&lon=-117.3158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7720P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7720P-2017-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (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-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA367) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130811014279A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KEMT GOING TO L26. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN TO RUNWAY 21 AT L26, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED OVER THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE THEN SLID COMING TO REST OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.  ANOTHER PASSENGER ON BOARD SUSTAINED A MINOR 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 WPR13CA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA367), Aug 11, 2013: Piper PA-24-250 (N7720P), Hesperia, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient airspeed on final approach to landing which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

## Other reports on N7720P (1)

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

- [Accident 19750828028019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750828028019A), Aug 28, 1975: Piper PA24250 (N7720P), Wasco, CA, 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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