- Date
- September 19, 1984, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Davenport, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N155DHPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840919049669A
- Case key
- 33795
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Analysis
Acft was on VFR final approach following a practice instrument flight. Commercial pilot with instrument rating in left seat flew instrument portion of flight and declined offer to land from instructor in right seat due to her lack of proficiency. On final after flap deployment instructor allowed acft to get too slow resulting in inadvertent stall and mushing into the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N155DH
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7535064
- Airframe hours
- 2,490
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Four Aces Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 29, 1984
- Departed
- ETS · Esterville, IA
- Destination
- DVN · Davenport, IA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DVN · Municipal, runway 20, 4,000 × 100 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 78
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,245 total · 4,245 in this make and model · 2,903 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLI
FAA reports on this event · 1
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