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FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Toccoa, GA · October 1, 2014

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Date
October 1, 2014 · 18:00 local
Place
Toccoa, GA
Airport
Stevens County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6044W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
592 total475 in this make and model
N6044WRegistration cancelled Jul 11, 2016 · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-20044 · Built 1964Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The inspector arrived on scene at approximately 13:00 and was accompanied to the owners hangar by the owner and the airport manager. The aircraft had been badly damaged by the main landing gear having been torn away from the main spar. It's exit at the rear flaps had bent and dented the aft wing and flap spar areas. The forward fire wall was bent inwards at the bottom from the nose gear bearing most of the remaining landing force. The propellor was nicked, dented, scrapped and bent from making power at the instant of landing. The aircraft had been moved without FAA permission from it's final resing place and hauled to the owners hangar. The initial impact of the plane was about 150 feet from the end of the runway approximately 1 foot below the top edge of a small hill. This is where the main gear was torn away from the aircraft. The aircraft slid the remaining distance on to the threshold of the runway. The pilot and CFI exited the aircraft without incident.

Supporting information is below.

Pilot statement as follows:

October 03, 2014 9:03 am

Subject: N6044W accident

Gentlemen,

Base on phone conversation, I am sending a statement to describe my accident:

Aircraft: pa -28-140/ N6044W

Location: Toccoa stephens county airport

Date and time: oct 2nd 2014 at approx. 6:00 pm

Flight conditions: wind 180 at 4 mph, 10 miles visibility; sky clear below 5000

Purpose of flight: biennial flight review

Pilot :privacy data omitted1; 592.4 hrs. Total time, 518.4 hrs. PIC time , 475 hrs. Time on pa 28-140, 1222 number of takeoff and landings

Flight instructor: privacy data omitted

We made two take offs and one successful landing, the second landing was requested to be a short field type. We used runway 21. Plane was in the final approach but on a shallow path and too low. The flaps were fully extended, power was applied to keep a 70 mph airspeed, but the aircraft barely cleared the trees before the end of runway. I realized that I was too low but I did not react to give more power. The plane hit the ground with the right wheel, a small hill at the end of runway, then it turned 190 degrees, dropped and skided on runway 21 and ended with stopping on the threshold. I had not received any help from the flight instructor neither verbal or physical to correct the flight path in the final approach . The flight instructor did not touch the controls and said nothing when airplane was close to the ground in a critical but recoverable position.

privacy data omitted

CFI statement as follows:

From:privacy data omitted

Mr. Massey, here is my report on the events on 10/02/2015 flying in 6044W. I was giving a flight review to mr. privacy data omitted. We had completed one touch and go and remained in the pattern to do a short field landing. Procedures were normal, a reduction of power, setting of flaps, downwind to base to final. We were getting low and I was expecting mike to add power. I looked outside to make sure we were going to clear the trees. I thought we were going to clear the berm but obviously not. When the plane came to rest we exited the airplane on our own power.

As the FAA filed it

THE INSPECTOR ARRIVED ON SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 13:00 AND WAS ACCOMPANIED TO THE OWNERS HANGAR BY THE OWNER AND THE AIRPORT MANAGER. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN BADLY DAMAGED BY THE MAIN LANDING GEAR HAVING BEEN TORN AWAY FROM THE MAIN SPAR. IT'S EXIT AT THE REAR FLAPS HAD BENT AND DENTED THE AFT WING AND FLAP SPAR AREAS. THE FORWARD FIRE WALL WAS BENT INWARDS AT THE BOTTOM FROM THE NOSE GEAR BEARING MOST OF THE REMAINING LANDING FORCE. THE PROPELLOR WAS NICKED, DENTED, SCRAPPED AND BENT FROM MAKING POWER AT THE INSTANT OF LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN MOVED WITHOUT FAA PERMISSION FROM IT'S FINAL RESING PLACE AND HAULED TO THE OWNERS HANGAR. THE INITIAL IMPACT OF THE PLANE WAS ABOUT 150 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT BELOW THE TOP EDGE OF A SMALL HILL. THIS IS WHERE THE MAIN GEAR WAS TORN AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID THE REMAINING DISTANCE ON TO THE THRESHOLD OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AND CFI EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT.

SUPPORTING INFORMATION IS BELOW.

PILOT STATEMENT AS FOLLOWS:

OCTOBER 03, 2014 9:03 AM

SUBJECT: N6044W ACCIDENT

GENTLEMEN,

BASE ON PHONE CONVERSATION, I AM SENDING A STATEMENT TO DESCRIBE MY ACCIDENT:

AIRCRAFT: PA -28-140/ N6044W

LOCATION: TOCCOA STEPHENS COUNTY AIRPORT

DATE AND TIME: OCT 2ND 2014 AT APPROX. 6:00 PM

FLIGHT CONDITIONS: WIND 180 AT 4 MPH, 10 MILES VISIBILITY; SKY CLEAR BELOW 5000

PURPOSE OF FLIGHT: BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW

PILOT :^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^1; 592.4 HRS. TOTAL TIME, 518.4 HRS. PIC TIME , 475 HRS. TIME ON PA 28-140, 1222 NUMBER OF TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

WE MADE TWO TAKE OFFS AND ONE SUCCESSFUL LANDING, THE SECOND LANDING WAS REQUESTED TO BE A SHORT FIELD TYPE. WE USED RUNWAY 21. PLANE WAS IN THE FINAL APPROACH BUT ON A SHALLOW PATH AND TOO LOW. THE FLAPS WERE FULLY EXTENDED, POWER WAS APPLIED TO KEEP A 70 MPH AIRSPEED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT BARELY CLEARED THE TREES BEFORE THE END OF RUNWAY. I REALIZED THAT I WAS TOO LOW BUT I DID NOT REACT TO GIVE MORE POWER. THE PLANE HIT THE GROUND WITH THE RIGHT WHEEL, A SMALL HILL AT THE END OF RUNWAY, THEN IT TURNED 190 DEGREES, DROPPED AND SKIDED ON RUNWAY 21 AND ENDED WITH STOPPING ON THE THRESHOLD. I HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY HELP FROM THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR NEITHER VERBAL OR PHYSICAL TO CORRECT THE FLIGHT PATH IN THE FINAL APPROACH . THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DID NOT TOUCH THE CONTROLS AND SAID NOTHING WHEN AIRPLANE WAS CLOSE TO THE GROUND IN A CRITICAL BUT RECOVERABLE POSITION.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

CFI STATEMENT AS FOLLOWS:

FROM:^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

MR. MASSEY, HERE IS MY REPORT ON THE EVENTS ON 10/02/2015 FLYING IN 6044W. I WAS GIVING A FLIGHT REVIEW TO MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. WE HAD COMPLETED ONE TOUCH AND GO AND REMAINED IN THE PATTERN TO DO A SHORT FIELD LANDING. PROCEDURES WERE NORMAL, A REDUCTION OF POWER, SETTING OF FLAPS, DOWNWIND TO BASE TO FINAL. WE WERE GETTING LOW AND I WAS EXPECTING MIKE TO ADD POWER. I LOOKED OUTSIDE TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GOING TO CLEAR THE TREES. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO CLEAR THE BERM BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT. WHEN THE PLANE CAME TO REST WE EXITED THE AIRPLANE ON OUR OWN POWER.