- Date
- September 8, 1984, 07:25 local (14:25 UTC)
- Place
- Show Low, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6907WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840908047709A
- Case key
- 24395
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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.
Hard landing
Planned approach - poorCause
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - failure,totalFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The acft porpoised during landing after the plt pushed the nose down as noted by a witness. The student plt was making alanding 1/2 way down the rwy after a go-around maneuver and pushed the nose down until the prop struck the rwy and the acft bounced. The nose gear collapsed during the porpoising sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6907W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-21074
- Airframe hours
- 3,122
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger Ashton, doing business as Roger Ashton Flying Serv
- Registered owner
- David L. Fincher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 1, 1984 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- Q35 · Springerville, AZ
- Destination
- SOW · Show Low, AZ
- Airport
- SOW · Show Low, runway 24, 6,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.