- Date
- September 25, 1988, 10:28 local (15:28 UTC)
- Place
- Hutchinson, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6151WPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880925040029A
- Case key
- 13974
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Probable cause
Failure of the student rated pilot to use proper control inputs and procedures to regain and maintain control of the airplane while executing a go-around from a bounced landing. The pilots lack of total experience is a contributing factor in the cause.
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 student plt was observed practicing landings. One witness rprtd the wind had shifted to a x-wind & the student had changed from rwy 15 to rwy 33. After 2 unremarkable touch-&-go landings, he apchd for another landing. A plt witness rprtd the acft ballooned drg the flare & subsequently bounced after touching down long. The student applied power for a go-around, but after lift-off, the acft contd in an arc to the left. The left wing struck a tree aprx 200' left of the rwy, then the acft dscndd in a left wing low attitude & crashed. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found drg the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6151W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-20170
- Airframe hours
- 4,043
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- James H. Hamilton, doing business as Hutch Flight Service
- Registered owner
- James Hamilton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 22, 1988 · 29 hours before
- Airport
- NCD · Hutchinson Muni, runway 33, 3,206 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWK, 35 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.