- Date
- September 30, 1996, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6008HPiper PA-28R-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960930031499A
- Case key
- 10405
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Probable cause
improper flare by the dual student during the landing, and delayed remedial action by the flight instructor (CFI).
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight instructor (CFI) reported that the student (commercial pilot) was training to renew his flight instructor certificate. During the second landing, the student was five to ten knots slow on final approach. The flight instructor made a verbal recommendation. (He reported that he might have said 'airspeed.') Two or three seconds before touchdown, the instructor put his hands on the yolk and 'assisted' the student. The instructor reported that the airplane touched down hard, but that '. . . there was no indication after this landing that the airplane was not safe for another circuit and we proceeded to do another takeoff and another landing.' After the plane was parked, dented skin was observed on the left wing. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the left wing structure.
Factual narrative
On September 30, 1996, at 1130 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28R-201, N6008H, operated by D&A Aviation, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing in Chesterfield, Missouri. The commercial rated flight instructor and commercial rated dual student reported no injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The local flight departed Chesterfield, Missouri, about 1015.
The flight instructor reported that the student was training to renew his flight instructor certificate. During the second landing, the student was five to ten knots slow on final approach. The instructor made a verbal recommendation. During a telephone interview, the instructor reported that he might have said "airspeed." Two or three seconds before touchdown, the instructor put his hands on the yolk and "assisted" the student. The instructor reported that the landing was a "hard landing.... There was no indication after this landing that the airplane was not safe for another circuit and we proceeded to do another takeoff and another landing." After the plane was parked, he observed dented skin on the left wing.
The Federal Aviation Administration Inspector who examined the airplane reported that the left wing was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6008H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7837047
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- D&A Aviation, doing business as Skyline Aviation
- Registered owner
- Mykrantz Compamy, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SUS
- Airport
- SUS · Spirit Of St Louis, runway 26, 3,800 × 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 696 total · 87 in this make and model · 612 as pilot in command · 186 in the last 90 days · 62 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.