# Incident 20250122000689I: Piper PA-28-181, Olive Branch, MS, January 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2025, 19:20 local time
- Place: Olive Branch, MS
- Airport: Olive Branch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9787° N, 89.7869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Olive Branch Airport (OLV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9787&lon=-89.7869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9412K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9412K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,405 total, 119 in this make and model, 243 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250122000689I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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