- Date
- October 14, 1987, 14:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4639JPiper PA-28R-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871014061309A
- Case key
- 7662
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a dual instructional flight the student leveled the acft abv the rwy during the landing flare. The CFI told the FAA inspector that he was verbally coaching the student and did not assume the flt controls. The acft landed hard and the student applied brakes which resulted in the nose wheel touching down hard. Pwr was applied for a go-around and a loud pop was heard. After becoming airborne, the CFI noted a tear in the right wing and the acft was flown back to home base. Exam of the acft revealed the false spar had collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4639J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R30529
- Airframe hours
- 5,360
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-81E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Tech., Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aero Tech, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LEX · Lexington, KY
- Airport
- FFT · Capital City, runway 24, 5,005 × 100 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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,645 total · 115 in this make and model · 1,496 as pilot in command · 147 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LEX, 17 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.