# Accident 20210707012759A: Piper PA-28-140, Bishopville, SC, July 7, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2021, 14:00 local time
- Place: Bishopville, SC
- Airport: Lee County-Butters Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2462° N, 80.2332° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2462&lon=-80.2332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1592J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1592J-2022-09-01) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA280) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210707012759A

## Narrative

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

7/7/21 BISHOPVILLE, SC (52J): N1592J, PA140, STUDENT PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR, LANDED SHORT AND HARD ON RUNWAY 24 STRIKING THE PAPI LIGHTS CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE ATTEMPTING A SHORT FIELD LANDING.  WHEN THE PLANE DRIFTED TOO FAR LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE STUDENT TO DO A GO AROUND.  THE STUDENT PUT THE FLAPS IN FULL UP POSITION CAUSING THE PLANE TO LOSE LIFT AND DESCEND, IT HIT THE PAPI LIGHTS AND CONTINUED UP THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND SETTLED IN THE GRASS ABOUT 1/4 LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY AND SEVERAL YARDS TO THE LEFT OF IT.  AMONG OTHER DAMAGE, AIRCRAFT NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED, HAD DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FLAP, AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT STABILATOR.

ACTIVITY # SO13202102311

## 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 ERA21LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA280), Jul 7, 2021: Piper PA28 (N1592J), Bishopville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the student during a go-around, which resulted in a loss of lift and a subsequent collision with the VASI lights.

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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