- Date
- July 5, 1991, 17:45 local (Jul 6, 1991, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Duncan, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3625APiper PA 22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910705026569A
- Case key
- 27276
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper airspeed during the approach and an inadvertent entry into a stall/mush which resulted in a hard landing.
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 pilot was attempting to land in what he termed a 'relatively unfamiliar' aircraft to a private dirt strip on his farm. On the first attempt, he encountered a downdraft, causing him to perform a go around. On the second attempt, the aircraft's airspeed slowed. The pilot applied full power, but he said that the power application aggravated the situation. The aircraft landed hard about 30 feet short of the dirt strip, hit a fence, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3625A
- Reported as
- Piper PA 22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1883
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kelly D. Cambern
- Registered owner
- Kelly D. Cambern
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- GEU · Glendale, AZ
- Airport
- NONE · Private Strip, runway 1, 2,000 × 50 ft, dirt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 18 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N3625A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.