# Accident 20161127023679A: Piper PA-28-140, St. Louis, MO, November 27, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 2016, 11:30 local time
- Place: St. Louis, MO
- Airport: Creve Coeur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7219° N, 90.5089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7219&lon=-90.5089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56809, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56809) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161127023679A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STUDENT PILOT ARRIVED AT CREVE COEUR AIRPORT AT 10 AM. THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND BUT HIM.  HE CONDUCTED A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, CHECKED HIMSELF THEN TAXIED OUT.  HE ANNOUNCED HIS TAKEOFF ON CTAF AND PERFORMED TWO LANDINGS AND TWO TAKEOFFS.  HE DOES NOT RECALL ANYTHING ABOUT THE INCIDENT.  HE REMEMBERS A BUMP AND WAS SHOOK UP AFTER THE INCIDENT.  HE TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE REFUEL AREA AND SHUT DOWN.  HE THEN NOTICED THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTACTED BRIAN BORTON AND HIS CFI STEPHEN JESTIS.  THEY TOLD HIM TO LEAVE THE AIRCRAFT WHERE IT WAS AND HE DEPARTED.

THE FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANT AND PERTINENT DAMAGE WAS NOTED: NOSE GEAR WAS DISPLACED AFT APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES; NOSE WHEEL FAIRING WAS SCRATCHED AND GOUGED; ENGINE MOUNT WAS BENT ON MULTIPLE STRUTS; ENGINE WAS DISPLACED RIGHT APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH; ONE BLADE TIP SCRAPED AND GOUGED AT THE TIP; A NOSE WHEEL STEERING LINK WAS BENT; THE AIRCRAFT SKIN AT THE LOWER LEFT AND RIGHT CORNER OF THE WINDSHIELD WAS WRINKLED; THE WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED AT THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.

THIS ACCIDENT RESULTED FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOT FLYING THE AIRCRAFT AFTER HE REALIZED THE LANDING WAS NOT GOING WELL.  A SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT WITH HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REVEALED THAT HE WOULD FREEZE UP IF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT RESPONDING AS HE THOUGHT IT SHOULD.

## 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 GAA17CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA120), Nov 27, 2016: Piper PA28 (N56809), St. Louis, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N56809 (1)

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

- [Accident 19740618018221A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740618018221A), Jun 18, 1974: Piper PA28140 (N56809), Manito, IL, Substantial damage. Radio vol turned dwn. Did not hear calls on UNICOM.

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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