- Date
- May 25, 1992, 14:28 local (18:28 UTC)
- Place
- Westhampton Bch, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15109Piper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920525053039A
- Case key
- 11800
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate landing flare which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing was the pilot's failure to maintain directional control and inadequate supervision.
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 student realized he was too high during the approach, so he reduced power to idle and then he used full flaps while on short final. Afterwards, the instructor noticed the airspeed was 80 to 85 mph and the descent rate was about 1000 feet per minute. According to the instructor, he expected the student to arrest the descent rate by adding power, but instead the student began an 'early roundout.' The instructor said he took control of the airplane and advanced the throttles; however, the airplane abruptly veered to the right before it landed hard about 100 feet to the right of the runway, roughly 1000 feet past the threshold.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15109
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7350020
- Airframe hours
- 2,204
- Engine
- Lycoming LIO-360-C1EG, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dedalos Flight School
- Registered owner
- Dedalos Flight School
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1992 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- FOK
- Airport
- FOK · Francis S. Gabreski, runway 6, 9,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FOK, 1 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.