# NTSB LAX08CA162: Piper PA-28-140, N28290, Shafter, CA, June 1, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 1, 2008, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Shafter, CA
- Coordinates: 35.504444, -119.196945
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5044&lon=-119.1969&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 30, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68177
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX08CA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68177/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA162

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged landing flare that resulted in a hard landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The airplane landed hard on the runway.  The nose gear collapsed, and the propeller struck the runway.  The airplane swerved off the runway before stopping 50 feet later.  The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.

## Factual narrative

In a written statement, the pilot reported that the airplane landed hard on runway 30.  The nose gear collapsed, and the propeller struck the runway.  The airplane swerved off the runway before stopping 50 feet later.  The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N28290 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-28-140
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-26149
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Tog Sidhu
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 2007
- Departed: KMIT, Shafter, CA
- Destination: KMIT
- Airport: KMIT, Shafter-Minter Field Airport, runway 30, 4,501 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 45; student; medical: class 3; flight hours: 60 total, 42 in this make and model, 9 as pilot in command, 54 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: BFL, 8 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20080601834509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080601834509A), Jun 1, 2008: Piper PA28180, Shafter, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 6/01/2008 a PA-28-140 with a student pilot at the controls made a landing on rwy 30 at Shafter (mit) field at approx 11:00 PDT. The pilot states that…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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