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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Spanish Fork, UT · June 25, 2015

Date
June 25, 2015 · 12:45 local
Place
Spanish Fork, UT
Airport
Spanish Fork-Springville
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N16558
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,725 total500 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

CFI was instructing student on short field landings. Student slowed aircraft on approach to an unsafe speed, was unable to flare, and hit hard on the main landing gear, then the nose gear. Aircraft then bounced on nose gear and the nose gear collapsed. Damage occurred to nose gear and nose gear doors.

As the FAA filed it

CFI WAS INSTRUCTING STUDENT ON SHORT FIELD LANDINGS. STUDENT SLOWED AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH TO AN UNSAFE SPEED, WAS UNABLE TO FLARE, AND HIT HARD ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, THEN THE NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED ON NOSE GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO NOSE GEAR AND NOSE GEAR DOORS.