- Date
- April 4, 1993, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Doylestown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5338WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930404007889A
- Case key
- 37298
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing was the lack of total experience.
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.
Analysis
The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings. On the landing that the accident occurred, the pilot had elected to make a go around. The airplane reached an altitude of approximately 50 to 75 feet. The pilot said he, '...then entered a power on cross control stall...' And turned 180 degrees back towards the runway. The airplane descended and impacted the ground with the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5338W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-396
- Airframe hours
- 3,479
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel Flagler
- Registered owner
- Daniel Flagler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 20, 1992 · 30 hours before
- Airport
- N88 · Doylestown, runway 5, 3,000 × 75 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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 4 in this make and model · 22 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.