- Date
- January 23, 2023, 09:58, time zone not recorded
- Place
- Eden Prairie, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7114CPiper PA-28
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20230123002009A
- Case key
- 106626
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Probable cause
The student pilot exceeded the airplane's critical angle of attack, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and ground impact.
Findings · 3
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 reported that, during landing, the airplane bounced. She added power to go around, pitched the yoke of the airplane back too aggressively, and the airplane stalled. The airplane impacted the runway, and continued into the snow covered grass. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and stabilator. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7114C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2843913
- Built
- 2017
- Airframe hours
- 1,242
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Av8 Flight Assets LLC
- Registered owner
- Av8 Flight Assets LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 6, 2022
- Airport
- FCM · Flying Cloud, runway 28R, 3,901 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Handheld GPS, Heads up display, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B
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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 41 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 12 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- KFCM, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KFCM 231553Z 24007KT 7SM OVC090 M11/M13 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP158 I1000 T11061128
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 14, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.8 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.
Other investigations on N7114C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.