Piper PA-28-140 N6391R

Summary

On 7 September 1997 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N6391R was involved in an accident near Grant, Michigan, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 September 1997 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Grant, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Grant Airport (O1C)

Coordinates

45.8498, -87.0204

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N6391R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI97LA289

3 people had minor injuries.

the pilot's fixation on the end of the runway, his failure to place the airplane in an attitude to land (flare) which resulted in a hard landing, and the pilot's failure to recover from the subsequent bounced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that he lined up on the runway for landing on runway 09 and 'I was focusing on landing on the end of the runway and was going to touch down near the approach end. I failed to flare at a high enough altitude and struck the ground very hard and bounced back into the air. The plane bounced twice more before stalling and landing on the nose gear. The nose gear broke and the airplane came to rest about half way down the runway.' Examination of the wreckage revealed no anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.