- Date
- March 31, 1985, 12:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Porterville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43504Piper PA28-236
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850331010179A
- Case key
- 24852
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on final apch to rwy 30 at Porterville arpt, and as the acft flared for landing, the left wheel and left wing touched the rwy, and the acft bounced into the air, stalled, and crashed just left of the rwy. The plt stated, 'a gust of wind pitched the nose up, I applied full power but the aircraft would not accelerate. The nose stayed high and the aircraft started a left wing low roll. The aircraft bounced off the runway into the air, then settled back to the ground, coming to rest in the grass off the runway.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43504
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-236
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8411015
- Airframe hours
- 2,270
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michel, Herbert L. Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 23, 1985 · 531 hours before
- Departed
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
- Destination
- PTV · Porterville, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PTV · Porterville, runway 30, 6,000 × 146 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 63 in this make and model · 35 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIS, 30 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.
Other investigations on N43504 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.