- Date
- April 23, 1990, 18:20 local (Apr 24, 1990, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2110DPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900423010339A
- Case key
- 26782
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Probable cause
The student pilot inadvertently stalling the aircraft and an inadequate altitude to perform a stall recovery. Factors in this accident were: lack of total experience and student's anxiety.
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.
Analysis
The student pilot related that she was on her second solo flight and had planned to perform some touch and go landings then depart the airport to the south for some air work. Upon completion of the planned air work, she attempted to find the airport and stated that she had difficulties finding the airport and possibly overflew it. When she found the airport, she said that she became concerned with the aircraft's fuel status and about traffic around the airport. She stated that she got 'low' on her approach and then noticed that the engine '...did not sound right.' The pilot stated: 'I know that I was too low because both VASI lights were red. That is when I must have pulled back on the controls and stalled the plane. An air worthiness inspector from the scottsdale (Arizona) flight standards district office (FAA) inspected the aircraft after the accident and could find no reason for the engine to have lost power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2110D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287916143
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Chandler Air Service
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- P10 · Chandler, runway 22, 4,400 × 75 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.