- Date
- November 6, 2001, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- New Ulm, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N523PUPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Minneapolis, Minnesota-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20011106031009A
- Case key
- 53799
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 and flight instructor not using all of the available runway, the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor and the unsuccessful remedial action by the flight instructor. The student not attaining the proper touchdown point and the plowed field were factors.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was damaged when it overran the runway while landing. Airplane was piloted by a certified flight instructor (CFI) and student. The dual student held a private pilot certificate. In a written report, the CFI said that he and his student were performing a simulated engine failure to runway 22 at ULM. He said that, "...upon reaching final we were high. In my [judgment] however we had room to stop safely. Upon touchdown I applied [brakes], and realized that we were slipping on the grass, and would not be able to stop. So I added full power with one notch of flaps for a short field takeoff. As the end of the runway approached I knew that we would not have enough airspeed to takeoff. Therefore I closed the throttle and applied full [brakes] as we went into the plowed field off the end of [runway] 22." During an interview , the CFI told the inspector that he took control of the airplane at the touchdown. In his written report, the CFI indicated no mechanical malfunction of the airplane and no anomalies were found during a postaccident examination of the airplane.
Factual narrative
On November 6, 2001, at 1445 central standard time, a Piper PA-28-161, N523PU, piloted by a certified flight instructor (CFI) and dual student, was substantially damaged when on landing it overran runway 22 (2,825 feet by 160 feet, turf), at the New Ulm Municipal Airport (ULM), New Ulm, Minnesota. The dual student held a private pilot certificate. The instructional flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions and was not on a flight plan. The flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The CFI and student were not injured. The intended local flight originated from the Mankato Regional Airport (MKT), Mankato, Minnesota, at 1400.
In a written report, the CFI said that he and his student were performing a simulated engine failure to runway 22 at ULM. He said that, "...upon reaching final we were high. In my [judgment] however we had room to stop safely. Upon touchdown I applied [brakes], and realized that we were slipping on the grass, and would not be able to stop. So I added full power with one notch of flaps for a short field takeoff. As the end of the runway approached I knew that we would not have enough airspeed to takeoff. Therefore I closed the throttle and applied full [brakes] as we went into the plowed field off the end of [runway] 22."
During an interview with a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the CFI told the inspector that he took control of the airplane at the touchdown.
In his written report, the CFI indicated no mechanical malfunction of the airplane and no anomalies were found during a postaccident examination of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N523PU
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2841188
- Airframe hours
- 8,686
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- North Star Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 12, 2001 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- MKT · Mankato, MN
- Airport
- ULM · New Ulm Muni, runway 22, 2,825 × 160 ft, grass/turf
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
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- August 3, 2001
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 328 total · 115 in this make and model · 255 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Other flight crew
- Age
- 21
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- June 6, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 205 total · 15 in this make and model · 156 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- ULM
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 N523PU · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.