- Date
- January 7, 1989, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bunnell, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N81444Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890107000669A
- Case key
- 32381
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Probable cause
Misjudgement of altitude and distance to the runway by the student pilot, and inadequate supervision by the instructor pilot (CFI). The exposed (raised) runway lip was a factor.
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
As the dual student was practicing a short field landing, the acft touched down just short of the rwy. A moment later, before the nosewheel was lowered, the main gear hit the lip of the rwy, which was exposed. During impact, the right main tire blew out, the right strut failed & the right wing was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81444
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8016242
- Airframe hours
- 3,043
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Flight Center, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Endicott Research Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 5, 1988 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport
- X47 · Flagler County, runway 11, 5,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 854 total · 17 in this make and model · 649 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 15 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.