- Date
- June 7, 1987, 21:45 local (Jun 8, 1987, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Grove City, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7678FPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30664
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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.
Hard landing
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Complete gear collapsed
Analysis
The plt rprtd that while on final apch to lnd at night, the acft stalled. He stated that he applied full power, but the acft 'just dropped.' It struck the ground short of the rwy. Drg impact, all three gear collapsed, the rgt main spar was damaged & the lower 2/3 of the firewall was wrinkled & bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7678F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7715236
- Airframe hours
- 2,516
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Instrument Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- Jamestown, NY
- Destination
- Grove City, PA
- Airport
- 29D · Grove City, runway 27, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 193 total · 193 in this make and model · 193 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg