- Date
- April 6, 1986, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Umatilla, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2662RPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860406018119A
- Case key
- 31599
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Analysis
The plt reported that he flared the acft too high while landing. The acft stalled too soon and a hard landing resulted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2662R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-35243
- Airframe hours
- 1,916
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Orlando Naval Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Leasing Of Orlando
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Airport
- X23 · Umatilla Municipal, runway 36, 2,300 × 50 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 99 total · 10 in this make and model · 57 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 27 nm away
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 N2662R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL92LA163Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOviedo, FLThe failure of the dual student to properly flare the aircraft during the landing attempt, and the flight instructor's failure to perform remedial action to prevent the hard landing.NTSB MIA75FLA47Accident · No injuriesClosedMacclenny, FL