- Date
- November 27, 2016, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56809Piper PA28
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20161127023679A
- Case key
- 94636
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The solo student pilot reported that, during landing, "the airplane bounced a couple times," and the propeller struck the runway. He then taxied to the ramp without further incident. During a postaccident examination, substantial damage was found to the engine mounts and fuselage. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The solo student pilot reported that during landing "the airplane bounced a couple times" and the propeller struck the runway. The student pilot further reported that he taxied to the ramp without further incident. During a postaccident examination, substantial damage was found to the engine mounts and fuselage. The student pilot did not report any preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56809
- Reported as
- Piper PA28 (140)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7425041
- Built
- 1973
- Airframe hours
- 8,418.4
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Gateway Flight Training LLC.
- Registered owner
- Eight Zero Nine Corp LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 18, 2016
- Departed
- 1H0 · St. Louis, MO
- Destination
- 1H0 · St. Louis, MO
- Airport
- 1H0 · Creve Coeur, runway 16, 4,500 × 75 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- None
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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31.7 total · 31.7 in this make and model · 1.2 as pilot in command · 31.7 in the last 90 days · 8.3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- KSTL, 7 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 14, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.3 MB in all.
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 N56809 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.