- Date
- June 19, 1993, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wendover, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7045RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930619034569A
- Case key
- 43039
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Probable cause
The student pilot's selection of a closed runway for landing. Factors contributing to the accident were the student pilot's anxiety and the rough landing surface.
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 executed a balked landing following an approach to runway 3 at his destination airport. He subsequently remained in the pattern and lined up to land on a closed east/west runway. During the landing roll, the right main gear impacted a heave in the concrete landing surface and the gear collapsed. FAA overflight of the airport following the accident revealed nine x'es visible along the closed runway's length. The student pilot reported that he did not see the x'es prior to the accident and that he was anxious to get the aircraft on the ground following the balked landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7045R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-21742
- Airframe hours
- 3,335
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Buck, Henry J.
- Registered owner
- Buck, Robison, & Crisp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1992 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- EKO · Elko, NV
- Airport
- ENV · Wendover
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 80 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.