# Accident 20191223019589A: Piper PA-28-140, Hanson, MA, December 23, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2019, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hanson, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0286° N, 70.8397° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0286&lon=-70.8397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5792U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5792U-2022-02-02) (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, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 318 total, 44 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191223019589A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT AND CFI WERE ATTEMPTING TO LAND. THE CFI DETERMINED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH RUNWAY LEFT, HE ORDERED A GO AROUND TO THE STUDENT. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING OUT, THE CFI DETERMINED THAT THEY WOULD NOT CLEAR TREES AT THE END OF RUNWAY. THE CFI TOOK CONTROL AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED IN THE SOFT MUD DAMAGING THE PROP & THE NOSE GEAR.

## 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 ERA20CA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA111), Dec 23, 2019: Piper PA28 (N5792U), Hanson, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which resulted in his decision to perform an off field landing and the airplane's subsequent impact with terrain.

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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