- Date
- February 13, 2016, 20:39 local (20:39 UTC)
- Place
- St Andrews, Canada
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- C-GQPNPiper PA-28-140
- Defining event
- Approach: Flight control sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94093
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On February 13, 2016, about 2039 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a Piper PA-28-140 airplane, (Canadian Registration C-GQPN) was on approach to St. Andrews, MB (CYAV) with an instructor and a student on board. Prior to touch down at approximately 50 feet AGL, a snap was heard and the control column response was found to be very sluggish. The pilot was able to round out the aircraft just prior to touch down. The aircraft landed safely and taxied back to the ramp. A maintenance inspection of the control system revealed a complete failure of the control column T-bar assembly. The control column T-bar assembly will be sent to the TSB laboratory for further analysis. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Canadian government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Canadian government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage Place du Centre, 4th Floor Hull, Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada Tel.: (1) 819-994-4252 E-mail: airops@tsb.gc.ca Website: http://www.tsb.gc.ca
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GQPN
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140 (140)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7725157
- Engine
- Damage
- No damage
- Registered owner
- Winnipeg Aviation (2003) Ltd.