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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Olive Branch, MS · January 22, 2025

Date: January 22, 2025 · 19:20 local
Place: Olive Branch, MS
Airport: Olive Branch
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9412K
Reported as: Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,405 total119 in this make and model243 in the last 90 days

N9412KRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7690249 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Instructor was on a training flight with a student pilot.

Aircraft was established on final, student was coming in low below the glide slope. Student was instructed to add power and level the airplane. Student corrected and re-established themselves on the glide-slope with adequate airspeed, and added full flaps. With full flaps the aircraft began to sink below the glide-slope. The student was instructed to increase the power and lower the nose due to low airspeed. Student added power but attempted to correct sink rate with nose up pitch and pulled the yoke aft, there also a shift from direct headwind to crosswind. Instructor grabbed the controls and added full power to go around and was able to improve the decent rate but the aircraft still impacted onto the runway and sheard nosewheel.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WITH A STUDENT PILOT.

AIRCRAFT WAS ESTABLISHED ON FINAL, STUDENT WAS COMING IN LOW BELOW THE GLIDE SLOPE. STUDENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO ADD POWER AND LEVEL THE AIRPLANE. STUDENT CORRECTED AND RE-ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES ON THE GLIDE-SLOPE WITH ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, AND ADDED FULL FLAPS. WITH FULL FLAPS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK BELOW THE GLIDE-SLOPE. THE STUDENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE THE POWER AND LOWER THE NOSE DUE TO LOW AIRSPEED. STUDENT ADDED POWER BUT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT SINK RATE WITH NOSE UP PITCH AND PULLED THE YOKE AFT, THERE ALSO A SHIFT FROM DIRECT HEADWIND TO CROSSWIND. INSTRUCTOR GRABBED THE CONTROLS AND ADDED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND AND WAS ABLE TO IMPROVE THE DECENT RATE BUT THE AIRCRAFT STILL IMPACTED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND SHEARD NOSEWHEEL.