# NTSB CEN22LA443: Piper PA28, N3572Z, Owasso, OK, August 17, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 17, 2022, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC) - Place: Owasso, OK · Runway 35. - Coordinates: 36.264417, -95.784698 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2644&lon=-95.7847&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of lift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Will Rogers FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 106889 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA443 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106889/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106889 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA443 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to maintain a proper descent rate during the short field landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: descent rate](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 242 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Loss of lift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 252 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500/sequence.md) - [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot was performing a short field landing with a designated pilot examiner in the right seat. The student pilot reported that his landing point was at the “top” of the runway numbers. After the airplane crossed over the perpendicular highway that is immediately to the south of the runway, it lost lift and the airplane impacted the edge of the runway. The main landing gear collapsed underneath both wings and the airplane came to rest upright on a grass field. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The student pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or the engine that would have precluded normal operation. The student pilot additionally reported that the accident could have been prevented by “proper inflight preparation of the approach” and “energy management.” ## Aircraft - Registration: N3572Z (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA28 (161) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-8016214 - Year built: 1979 - Engines: Lycoming Engines 0-320 Series 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Viking Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Airport: O38, Gundys, runway 35R, 2,600 × 40 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 19; injuries: none; private, student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 16, 2022; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 122 total, 61 in this make and model, 61 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 19 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 330° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft broken - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 30.05 inHg - Observed at: KTUL, 6 nm away - METAR: KTUL 171853Z 33005KT 10SM BKN015 OVC025 25/21 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02500206 ## 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 20220817014699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220817014699A), Aug 17, 2022: Piper PA-28-161, Owasso, OK, Substantial damage. While on final approach to runway 35 and attempting to demonstrate a short field landing as a part of his private pilot check ride, the student pilot landed… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 20, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106889. 3.1 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (student pilot) (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15275019&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120_1%20Student%20Pilot%20Redacted-Rel.pdf - Accident photographs (item 2, PDF, 6 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15274810&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photographs-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.