# Accident 20230626007139A: Piper PA-28-140, Newdale, ID, June 26, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2023, 18:40 local time
- Place: Newdale, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8760° N, 111.5790° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8760&lon=-111.5790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N730SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N730SC-2025-02-15) (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: 602 total, 318 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA242) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230626007139A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT WAS PRACTICING STEEP TURNS AND STALLS IN PREPARATION FOR SOLO FLIGHT. AT 8200MSL, CFI PULLED BACK THROTTLE TO IDLE AND INFORMED STUDENT THAT HE HAD "LOST HIS ENGINE". STUDENT PERFORMED CHECKLIST AND DID EVERYTHING THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO DO. CFI THEN INSTRUCTED STUDENT TO RECOVER. STUDENT RETRACTED FLAPS INSTEAD OF GOING FULL ON THROTTLE. CFI ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CONTROLS, BUT STUDENT FROZE WHILE HOLDING THE CONTROLS FULL BACK, WHICH SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN EVEN MORE. AIRCRAFT SANK EVEN FASTER. CFI WENT TO FULL THROTTLE AND ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER, BUT AIRCRAFT WAS VERY LOW AT THIS TIME. CFI WAS ABLE TO KEEP AIRCRAFT FROM STALLING, BUT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE MAINS ON THE GROUND VERY HARD, BRINGING THE NOSE DOWN HARD, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP ONTO IT'S BACK. STUDENT AND CFI EXITED AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 WPR23LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA242), Jun 27, 2023: Piper PA-28-140 (N730SC), Newdale, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The premature retraction of the flaps by the student pilot, while just above the airplane’s stall speed. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision and failure to…

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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