- Date
- August 1, 2014, 18:15 local (Aug 2, 2014, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Beach, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6257WPiper PA 28-140
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20140801011759A
- Case key
- 89822
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 student pilot's failure to initiate a go-around sooner, and his failure to maintain directional control.
Findings · 4
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 student pilot said he was on final approach for landing on runway 12 when he encountered a crosswind from the northeast. He corrected for the crosswind and proceeded to land. The airplane ballooned, touched down again and pulled to the right. The student pilot applied full power in an attempt to abort the landing. The airplane went off the right side of the runway, became airborne, and struck a large hay bale.
Factual narrative
The student pilot said he was on final approach for landing on runway 12 at 20U when he encountered a crosswind from the northeast. He corrected for the crosswind and proceeded to land. The airplane ballooned, touched down, and pulled to the right. The student pilot applied full power in an attempt to abort the landing. The airplane went off the right side of the runway, became airborne, and struck a large hay bale. Post-accident examination revealed the firewall was buckled, both wing leading edges were crushed, the nose landing gear was sheared off, and there was some damage to the empennage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6257W
- Reported as
- Piper PA 28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-20306
- Built
- 1964
- Airframe hours
- 2,001
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomad E. Mau
- Registered owner
- Thomad E. Mau
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 27, 2013 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- 7K5 · Kenmere, ND
- Destination
- 20U · Beach, ND
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 20U · Beach, runway 12, 4,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
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
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 29, 2014
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 52 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- KGDV, 54 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 25, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.2 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.