- Date
- April 16, 1988, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Red Cloud, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7071ZPiper PA-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880416010059A
- Case key
- 34560
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a first time familiarization flt, the pilot returned to the base field for ldg. During the landing attempt, the aircraft bounced, and on recovery, the pilot pitched the nose up too high. The aircraft stalled and then struck the runway damaging the landing gear, propeller, spray pump and upper longerons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7071Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 252852
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard M. Harris
- Registered owner
- Richard M Harris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 1988 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- 7V7 · Red Cloud, runway 15, 3,700 × 60 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 244 total · 1 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HSI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.