# Accident 20150519007539A: Piper PA-28-180, Steele, ND, May 19, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2015, 08:30 local time
- Place: Steele, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8568° N, 99.9181° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Steele, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8568&lon=-99.9181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56074, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56074-2020-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 112 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150519007539A

## Narrative

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

ON 05/27/2015, TRAVELED TO A PRIVATE STRIP LOCATED 4.5 MILES EAST OF STEELE, ND TO ASSIST IN AN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION INVOLVING N56074, A PIPER PA28-180, SN: 28-7305524.  THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON HIS EAST/WEST GRASS STRIP AND DISCOVERED HE WAS GOING TOO FAST.  HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND.  ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT, HE SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO 60MPH WITH FULL FLAPS AND CAME IN MUCH LOWER AND SLOWER. HE TOUCHED DOWN BUT WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT ON THE WET GRASS.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SKID SIDEWAYS AND THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED ANOTHER GO-AROUND.  DUE TO THE SLOWER APPROACH SPEED THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED AT FULL POWER JUST A FEW FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND WAS BADLY DAMAGED FROM IMPACT WITH THE FENCE.  AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH A FEED BUNK LOCATED 677 FEET FROM THE FENCE.  STUDENT PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS UNINJURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N56074 (1)

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

- [Accident 19731207037159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731207037159A), Dec 7, 1973: Piper PA28180 (N56074), NC, 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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