- Date
- February 27, 1999, 09:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Myerstown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8923JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990227023449A
- Case key
- 45885
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the student pilot, while landing on runway 1, the airplane ballooned and landed on it's nose gear. The nose gear collapsed, and the airplane veered off the runway. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any pre-impact abnormalities of the airframe or engine. Winds reported at an airport about 19 miles east of the accident site, were from 270 degrees at 5 knots.
Factual narrative
On February 27, 1999, about 0905 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-180, N8923J, was substantially damaged while landing at the Deck Airport, Myerstown, Pennsylvania. The certificated student pilot (SP) was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the local instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
In the NTSB Form 6120.1/2, the SP said he was practicing touch and go landings on runway 1, a 3,538 foot long, 50 foot wide asphalt runway. During landing, the airplane "ballooned" and landed on it's nose gear. The nose gear collapsed, and the airplane veered off the runway, onto a grass area.
Examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration Inspector, did not reveal any pre-impact abnormalities of the airframe or engine.
The student pilot reported 51 hours of total flight experience, all in the make and model of the accident airplane, with 9 hours of flight experience in the previous 90 days.
Winds reported at an airport about 19 miles east of the accident site, at 0854, were from 270 degrees at 5 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8923J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 282940
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert V. Boltz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 24, 1998 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- 9D4
- Airport
- 9D4 · Deck Airport, runway 1, 3,538 × 50 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDG, 19 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8923J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.