# NTSB BFO86LA009: Piper PA-28-140, N427FL, Edgewater, MD, December 15, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 15, 1985, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Edgewater, MD
- Coordinates: 38.899749, -76.539505 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8997&lon=-76.5395&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11239
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86LA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11239/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86LA009

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

UPON RETURNING TO LEE ARPT, EDGEWATER, MD, FROM A X-COUNTRY FLT TO LANCASTER, PA, THE STUDENT PLT APPLIED FULL FLAPS DURING THE FINAL APCH FOR RWY 12. DURING THE LANDING FLARE, THE ACFT BALLOONED AND THE PLT APPLIED FULL PWR IN ORDER TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND. ACCORDING TO THE PLT AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HE FAILED TO REDUCE PITCH IN TIME TO PREVENT A STALL, AND THE ACFT DROPPED TO THE RWY, CONTACTING THE MAIN GEAR FIRST. THE ACFT THEN SWERVED TO THE LEFT OF THE RWY INTO A FRESHLY PLOWED FLD AND FLIPPED OVER, COMING TO REST INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N427FL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N427FL-1989-03-21), registration cancelled 1989-03-21, S/N 287125214 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Annapolis Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LNS, LANCASTER, PA
- Airport: AMP, Lee Airport, runway 12, 2,400 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 61 total, 42 in this make and model, 14 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 10 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BWI, 15 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851215077649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851215077649A), Dec 15, 1985: Piper PA28140, Edgewater, MD, Substantial damage. Ballooned on landing flare. Tried go around nose high. Stalled. Impacted swerved off runway. Nosed over soft field.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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