# Accident 20230123002009A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Eden Prairie, MN, January 23, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2023, 09:54 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8287° N, 93.4581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8287&lon=-93.4581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7114C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7114C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230123002009A

## Narrative

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

01/23/2023 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WENT OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY AT FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT (KFCM) DURING ATTEMPTED GO AROUND. NO INJURIES, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

STUDENT PILOT AND CFI PERFORMED 2 TOUCH AND GO’S AND 1 FULL STOP LANDING. CFI THEN GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT SO THE STUDENT PILOT COULD FLY SOLO. THIS WAS THE 3RD SOLO FLIGHT FOR THE STUDENT. THE STUDENT COMPLETED 4 FULL STOP TAXI BACK LANDINGS. ON THE 5TH LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 28R THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, AND THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE MAKING AN ABRUPT LEFT TURN. THE LEFT-WING TIP STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT TURNED APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES BEFORE STRIKING THE GROUND NOSE FIRST IN THE SNOW BETWEEN RUNWAY 28L AND 28R. THE STUDENT PILOT CONTACTED ATC AND TOLD THEM THAT SHE WAS OK BUT NEEDED ASSISTANCE. SHE THEN WAITED IN THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARRIVED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED BUT WAS NOT LIMITED TO NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE, PROPELLER STRIKE, MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING TIP, AND RIGHT SIDE OF STABILATOR BENT UP 5 DEGREES APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES INBOARD FROM TIP. CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED, AND ENGINE SHOWED SIGNS OF ROTATION.

## 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 CEN23LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA092), Jan 23, 2023: Piper PA-28 (N7114C), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot exceeded the airplane's critical angle of attack, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and ground impact.

## Other reports on N7114C (1)

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

- [Accident 20210422005509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210422005509A), Apr 22, 2021: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 (N7114C), Faribault, MN, Substantial damage. 2021-04-22 N7114C first flight with a new student pilot while performing touch-n-go?s at kfbl, Faribault stalled and landed in a farm field approximately 1/3…

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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