- Date
- August 20, 1992, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oviedo, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2662RPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920820032909A
- Case key
- 8649
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Probable cause
The failure of the dual student to properly flare the aircraft during the landing attempt, and the flight instructor's failure to perform remedial action to prevent the hard landing.
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 95 hour private pilot was receiving dual instruction from a commercial pilot/cfi. During a simulated engine out approach, the student allowed a sink to develop on short final, and the aircraft landed hard. The CFI did not initiate remedial action in time to prevent the hard landing. A go around was initiated, and the aircraft was flown to the departure airport for landing. Susbequent inspection of the right wing revealed internal structural damage. The CFI refused to complete an NTSB form 6120.1/2.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2662R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-35243
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Francis Grady, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Francis Grady, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Airport
- X45 · Seminole Ranch, runway 29, 4,400 × 160 ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COF, 37 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.
Other investigations on N2662R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.