What happened
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On September 7, 2014, at 1329 MDT, N6693W, a Piper cherokee 140, PA-28-140/160, was on a student training flight at the Belen-Alexander municipal airport (E80), Belen, NM. The weather was good visual meteorological conditions. The flight instructor was supervising the student pilot?s initial solo flight in the pattern for and on runway 21. On the second landing attempt, the aircraft bounced twice before the instructor offered a ?go- around? Instruction over the radio. The student applied full power, pitched up to a higher than normal climb attitude. The aircraft yawed approximately 45 degrees to its left. The aircraft?s nose dropped below the horizon and then immediately pitched back to the nose-high attitude. The aircraft cleared the row of hangars that were adjacent to and parallel to the runway. The aircraft then descended into a hangar behind the first row of hangars. The aircraft tore its wings off as it went through the north side-wall of the hangar, it then rolled left on the hangar floor and slide to a stop with its nose cone poking through a hole it created in the east (back) wall of the hangar. The aircraft was destroyed. The pilot received minor injuries. Approximately 20 gallons of avgas were spilled when the wings separated from the fuselage. There was no fire.
As the FAA filed it
ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2014, AT 1329 MDT, N6693W, A PIPER CHEROKEE 140, PA-28-140/160, WAS ON A STUDENT TRAINING FLIGHT AT THE BELEN-ALEXANDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (E80), BELEN, NM. THE WEATHER WAS GOOD VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS SUPERVISING THE STUDENT PILOT?S INITIAL SOLO FLIGHT IN THE PATTERN FOR AND ON RUNWAY 21. ON THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE BEFORE THE INSTRUCTOR OFFERED A ?GO- AROUND? INSTRUCTION OVER THE RADIO. THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER, PITCHED UP TO A HIGHER THAN NORMAL CLIMB ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT YAWED APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES TO ITS LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSE DROPPED BELOW THE HORIZON AND THEN IMMEDIATELY PITCHED BACK TO THE NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE ROW OF HANGARS THAT WERE ADJACENT TO AND PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DESCENDED INTO A HANGAR BEHIND THE FIRST ROW OF HANGARS. THE AIRCRAFT TORE ITS WINGS OFF AS IT WENT THROUGH THE NORTH SIDE-WALL OF THE HANGAR, IT THEN ROLLED LEFT ON THE HANGAR FLOOR AND SLIDE TO A STOP WITH ITS NOSE CONE POKING THROUGH A HOLE IT CREATED IN THE EAST (BACK) WALL OF THE HANGAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. APPROXIMATELY 20 GALLONS OF AVGAS WERE SPILLED WHEN THE WINGS SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THERE WAS NO FIRE.
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