# NTSB CEN25LA284: Piper PA-28-140, N1812J, New Hudson, MI, July 23, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 23, 2025, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC) - Place: New Hudson, MI - Coordinates: 42.5149, -83.6082 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5149&lon=-83.6082&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 9, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 200617 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA284 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200617/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200617 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA284 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s improper landing flare and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action during landing that resulted in a loss of control and impact with terrain. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-140, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=7102802), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-140, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=7102802), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-140, 103 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=7102802), [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-aborted after touchdown: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-140, 19 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=7102802), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor and student pilot completed takeoff and landing practice at another airport and were returning to the original departure airport. The flight instructor stated that the student pilot had performed well in his takeoff and landing performance, and the flight instructor had confidence in the student pilot’s ability to successfully land at the destination airport even though its runway was narrower than runways that the student pilot had practiced on. The flight instructor stated that the approach for landing was stabilized down to the runway threshold. During landing flare, the airplane bounced and turned left, at which time the flight instructor took the flight controls from the student pilot. The flight instructor initiated an aborted landing, but the left wing was stalled, and the airplane descended and impacted the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The flight instructor stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1812J](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1812J), registered now, S/N 28-24240, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-24240 - Year built: 1968 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Echo Aviation II LLC - Registered owner: Echo Aviation II LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 2025 - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: Y47, Oakland Southwest Airport, runway 26, 3,128 × 40 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 33; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review December 17, 2024; seat: right; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 279 total, 28 in this make and model, 198 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 28 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 53; injuries: minor; student; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.17 inHg - Observed at: PTK, 13 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250723010669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250723010669A), Jul 23, 2025: Piper PA-28-140, New Hudson, MI, Substantial damage. The instructor was conducting training on a ppl student. After doing take-offs and landings on a larger runway at another airport, the instructor let the… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 9, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200617. 3.5 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 flight instructor (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19188715&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Flight%20Instructor%20Master_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 student pilot (item 2, PDF, 10 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19188827&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Student%20Master_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 232 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19189008&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Template-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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