- Date
- May 27, 1987, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Erwin, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1696TPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870527018699A
- Case key
- 7438
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft impacted level grassy terrain short of rwy 04, while on short final during a practice short-field ldg. The CFI reported that the student plt had stabilized the acft on the appch at 70 mph; a high sink rate was subsequently encountered as the acft crossed over a steep drop-off located about 100 ft before the threshold. The CFI assumed control of the acft, lowered the nose and applied pwr, but was unable to arrest the descent. The acft impacted the terrain slightly nose-down. Full flaps were in use at the time. The CFI reported the wind to be from 040 degrees at 5 KTS with no gusts. The Piper 140 owners handbook lists 55 mph as the power-off stall speed, for a wings-level acft at gross weight with full flaps.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1696T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287125013
- Airframe hours
- 3,373
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Harnett Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Harnett Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 11, 1987
- Airport
- 37W · Harnett County, runway 4, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,335 total · 518 in this make and model · 926 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.