Piper PA-38-112 N2494B

Summary

On 4 May 2002 at about 15:55 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2494B was involved in an accident near Hastings, Michigan, 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

4 May 2002 at 15:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Hastings, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Hastings Airport (9D9)

Coordinates

42.6508, -85.2794

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N2494B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hastings → Hastings

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI02LA122

Nobody was injured.

The failure to attain airspeed, inadequate supervision of the flight, and delayed remedial action which resulted in a stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane sustained substantial damage during an aborted landing attempt. During the instructional flight the student pilot began the landing flare approximately 15 to 20 feet above ground level (agl) and then elected to perform a go-around. During the go-around the aircraft continued to descend and the certified flight instructor (CFI) took over the control of the airplane. The CFI stated, "My first action was to verify throttle and mixture were both forward - which they were. At this time the stall warning horn sounded so I immediately lowered the nose to gain airspeed. At this point we were ~ 5 feet off the ground in ground effect and I remember the right wing was lowered in an attempt to get back to the runway." The student pilot reported, "With full power applied the plane started to sink. The instructor took control of the airplane. The plane refused to fly and went down to the left of runway 12." The airplane impacted three runway edge lights, a runway marker cone, and a runway intersection sign prior to the nose gear collapsing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.