# NTSB NYC05CA011: Piper PA-28-140, N586FL, Lehighton, PA, October 23, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 23, 2004, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Lehighton, PA
- Coordinates: 40.809444, -75.76139
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8094&lon=-75.7614&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 28, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Allentown FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 60445
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC05CA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60445/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA011

## Probable cause

The pilot inadequate flare, and failure to recover from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N586FL), registered now, S/N 28-7125444, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7125444
- Airframe hours: 7254
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 69; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20041023031199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041023031199A), Oct 23, 2004: Piper PA28140, Lehighton, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was making first landing of the day at Lehighton (Jake arner airport, (22N), on runway 8. His approach to landing was a little high, but all other…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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