- Date
- February 5, 1992, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Alturas, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7086WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920205001939A
- Case key
- 27553
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged landing flare and his improper bounced landing recovery technique.
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 planned to make a touch and go landing. He reported that during the landing the airplane touched down too hard on the main wheels and it proceeded to bounce and porpoise. The pilot failed to take adequate corrective action, and after the third bounce/porpoise the nose gear collapsed. The airplane slid 165 feet before finally departing the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7086W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-836
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph V. Marson
- Registered owner
- Joseph Marson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1991
- Airport
- O00 · Alturas, runway 21, 3,460 × 60 ft, asphalt
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--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 36 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.