- Date
- October 23, 2004, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lehighton, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N586FLPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Allentown FSDO
- FAA report
- 20041023031199A
- Case key
- 60445
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Probable cause
The pilot inadequate flare, and failure to recover from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was landing on a 3,000-foot-long, 60-foot-wide, asphalt, runway. He reported that the airplane landed "hard" and began to porpoise. The airplane came to a stop on the runway; however the nose gear, propeller, and engine firewall were damaged. The student pilot stated that he did not experience any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. He reported 39.6 hours of total flight experience, which included 1.7 hours of solo flight experience.
Factual narrative
On October 23, 2004, about 1530 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140, N586FL, was substantially damaged while landing at the Jake Arner Memorial Airport, Lehighton, Pennsylvania. The certificated student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the solo instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The airplane was on approach to runway 8, a 3,000-foot-long, 60-foot-wide, asphalt, runway.
The student pilot reported that he landed "hard," and the airplane began to porpoise. The airplane came to a stop on the runway; however, the nose gear, propeller, and engine firewall were damaged.
The student pilot stated that he did not experience any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. He reported 39.6 hours of total flight experience, which included 1.7 hours of solo flight experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N586FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7125444
- Airframe hours
- 7,254
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ace Pilot Training
- Registered owner
- Gus G. Yialamas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 2004 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- ABE · Allentown, PA
- Destination
- 22N · Lehighton, PA
- Airport
- 22N · Jake Arner Memorial, runway 8, 3,000 × 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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 69
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 40 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- ABE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.