- Date
- July 22, 2005, 12:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N280FTPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050722018629A
- Case key
- 62135
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain control of the airplane during a go around resulting in the airplane descending and colliding with the ground.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated he was on final approach to runway 15 with 3 stages of flaps applied to the airplane and with an indicated airspeed of 65 knots. When the airplane was about ten feet above the runway, he felt turbulence and the left wing dropped toward the ground. He tried to correct with rudder and aileron. When the airplane leveled out it was about 90 degrees to the runway. He attempted to go around. He applied full engine power and retracted one stage of flaps. The airplane did not climb quickly enough and hit the ground. He stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident. The winds at the time of the accident were from 360 degrees at 5 knots with no gusts.
Factual narrative
On August 07, 2005, about 1220 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-161, N280FT, registered to M & A Aviation and operated by the Orlando Flight School, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, had a hard landing at the Kissimmee Gateway Airport, Kissimmee, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The student pilot received no injuries and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight originated, earlier that day, about 1200.
The student pilot stated he was on final approach to runway 15 with 3 stages of flaps applied to the airplane and with an indicated airspeed of 65 knots. When the airplane was about ten feet above the runway, he felt turbulence and the left wing dropped toward the ground. He tried to correct with rudder and aileron. When the airplane leveled out it was about 90 degrees to the runway. He attempted to go around. He applied full engine power and retracted one stage of flaps. The airplane did not climb quickly enough and hit the ground. He stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident.
The winds at the time of the accident were from 360 degrees at 5 knots with no gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N280FT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2841230
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320-D3G, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- M&A Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ISM · Kissimmee, FL
- Destination
- ISM · Kissimmee, FL
- Airport
- ISM · Kissimmee Gateway, runway 15, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 20 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- ISM
FAA reports on this event · 1
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