- Date
- September 24, 1989, 18:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Lebanon, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55357Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890924035799A
- Case key
- 14422
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Probable cause
The pilot allowed his final approach airspeed to get too slow, he delayed in initiating remedial action, then attempted an aborted landing with inadequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. The pilot's lack total experience was considered a possible contributing factor.
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 plt rprtd that during an apch to land, he was following slow traffic. He said he maintained slow flt on final apch until the preceding acft cleared the rwy. He then noticed his airspeed was too slow & applied full power; however, the acft dropped to the rwy. The plt maintained full power in an attempt to go around. He said he was unable to maintain airspeed/altitude. The acft hit the ground again & the landing gear collapsed, then the acft slid across a parallel taxiway & came to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55357
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7305367
- Airframe hours
- 2,124
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Randy Bendure
- Registered owner
- G-B Partnership
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1989 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- T6G · Tiffin, OH
- Destination
- I68
- Airport
- I68 · Lebanon-Warren County, runway 36, 4,000 × 65 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 17 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY, 27 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.