# Accident 20160914017739A: Piper PA-28-140, Parkersburg, WV, September 14, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2016, 21:10 local time
- Place: Parkersburg, WV
- Airport: Mid-Ohio Valley Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3433° N, 81.4406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3433&lon=-81.4406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5673U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5673U-2019-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,061 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA490](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA490) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160914017739A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT AT CONTROLS, 3RD NIGHT TIME VFR APPROACH, REDUCED POWER PREMATURELY, STRUCK APPROACH LIGHTING TOWER 400' SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 GAA16CA490](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA490), Sep 15, 2016: Piper PA 28 (N5673U), Parkersburg, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action during the approach for landing, which resulted in impact with terrain short of the runway threshold. Contributing to the accident was the student…

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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