Piper PA-32R-301 N8041B

Summary

On 30 March 2000 at about 20:45 local time, a Piper PA-32R-301 registered N8041B was involved in an accident near East Haddam, Connecticut, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 March 2000 at 20:45

Classification

Accident

Location

East Haddam, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Goodspeed Airport (42B)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-32R-301

Registration

N8041B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bridgeport → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC00LA111

Nobody was injured.

The private pilots failure to obtain the proper touchdown point and the CFI's delay in remedial action.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot and a certificated flight instructor were conducting a flight review. While on final approach to the runway, the airplane passed over trees and began to sink. The pilot receiving the flight review was unable to recover from the sink with power and the airplane touched down in a field about 60 feet prior to the runway threshold, collapsing the left main landing gear. The airplane continued onto the runway, veered to the left, and back onto the grass, collapsing the right main and nose landing gear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.