- Date
- January 13, 1992, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bowling Green, KY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9161KPiper PA-46-350P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920113000519A
- Case key
- 11757
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature flare, stalling the airplane which resulted in a hard landing. Factors related to the accident were the dual fuel flow gauge failures and deteriorating weather conditions.
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
During initial climb out from the warren county airport on an IFR clearance, the airplane had a duel fuel flow gauge failure. The pilot elected to return to the airport and make a precautionary landing. The pilot stated he received a special VOR clearance direct to the VOR, runway 030, and proceeded to the airport. He stated that he prematurely flared the airplane and it stalled, falling 30 feet to the runway. The dual fuel flow failure could not be duplicated during the post accident investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9161K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-46-350P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4622022
- Airframe hours
- 628
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Jurgen Arnemann
- Registered owner
- Jurgen Arnemann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 8, 1991 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- BWG
- Destination
- LEX · Lexington, KY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BWG · Warren County Regional, runway 3, 6,500 × 150 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,611 total · 617 in this make and model · 3,516 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.