- Date
- September 18, 1986, 15:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Mesa, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9560JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860918045739A
- Case key
- 25249
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of the first leg of a solo cross-country flight the plt experienced a hard landing and the acft porpoised. On the second bounce the plt added power. The acft then bounced a third time collapsing the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9560J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3691
- Airframe hours
- 3,927
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael Dimuria
- Registered owner
- Jon M. Bodine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1986 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
- Destination
- FFZ · Mesa, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FFZ · Falcon Field, runway 22L, 5,100 × 100 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 15 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FFZ
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 N9560J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.