# Accident 20190509004269A: Piper PA-28-180, Charlotte, NC, May 9, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2019, 13:15 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2131° N, 80.6681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2131&lon=-80.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7855W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7855W-2020-10-31) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA280) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190509004269A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT WAS THE PILOT FLYING ON FINAL APPROACH TO WILGROVE AIRPARK RUNWAY 17 WHEN THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO SLOW AND TOLD THE STUDENT TO APPLY FULL POWER AND GO-AROUND.  WHEN THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THE PITCH ANGLE WAS TOO GREAT AND HE PUSHED THE YOKE FORWARD TO LOWER THE NOSE.  THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT  DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST  AFTER THE LEFT WING STRUCK A TREE APPROXIMATELY 65 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  PROPELLER GROUND SCARS WERE NOTED BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF THE AIRCRAFT. A POST IMPACT FIRE UNDER THE COWLING WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE STUDENT PILOT.

DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT IN PTRS # 201902621.

## 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 GAA19CA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA280), May 9, 2019: Piper PA28 (N7855W), Charlotte, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper attempted go-around and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall followed by a hard landing, runway excursion, and impact…

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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