- Date
- August 29, 2012, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Goldsby, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7602CPiper PA-28R-200
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing area undershoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Oklahoma City FSDO
- FAA report
- 20120829021959A
- Case key
- 85307
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The commercial pilot did not attain the proper touchdown point during the landing, which resulted in a premature touchdown and an impact with the edge of the runway surface.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The commercial pilot was taking a practical test to become a flight instructor and was demonstrating a simulated short field landing over a simulated 50-foot obstacle. The commercial pilot reported that he had planned to touch down on or within 100 feet past the numbers painted on the runway. The painted numbers were 60 feet long and about 18 feet from the approach end of the runway. The airplane touched down short of the intended landing spot, and the right main landing gear struck the edge of the runway surface, causing a loud “bang” that both the commercial pilot and the pilot examiner reported hearing. A postflight examination showed that the hard landing caused substantial damage to the right wing when three wing ribs separated from the spar web and partially penetrated through the upper skin. The commercial pilot added that the accident could have been avoided if he had picked a touchdown spot further away from the approach end of the runway.
Factual narrative
The commercial pilot was taking a practical test and was demonstrating a simulated short field landing over a simulated 50 foot obstacle. The commercial pilot reported that he had planned to touch down on or within 100 feet past the “numbers” painted on the runway. The painted numbers were 60 feet long and about 18 feet from the approach end of the runway. The airplane touched down short of the intended landing spot and the right main landing gear struck the edge of the runway surface and caused a loud “bang” heard by both the commercial pilot and by the pilot examiner. A postflight examination showed substantial damage to the right wing where three wing ribs separated from the spar web and partially penetrated through the upper skin. The commercial pilot added that the accident could have been avoided if he had picked a touchdown spot further away from the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7602C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7635103
- Airframe hours
- 7,789
- Engine
- Lycoming I0360 SER, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- University Of Oklahoma
- Registered owner
- University Of Oklahoma
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 26, 2012
- Departed
- OUN · Norman, OK
- Destination
- 1K4 · Goldsby, OK
- Airport
- 1K4 · David Jay Perry Airport, runway 13, 3,006 × 60 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 253 total · 27 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Check pilot
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 18, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,995 total · 483 in this make and model · 7,705 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KOUN, 5 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 25, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.