Piper PA-28R-200 N1451T

Summary

On 3 December 2003 at about 17:00 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N1451T was involved in an accident near Morenci, Arizona, United States. One person was 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

3 December 2003 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Morenci, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Double O Ranch

Coordinates

33.3467, -109.4917

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-200

Registration

N1451T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tucson → Morenci

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX04CA063

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's excessive landing flare, which resulted in an improper touchdown and hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The single engine airplane landed hard on the dirt airstrip during the pilot's short-field landing attempt. An inspection of the airplane revealed that the aft bulkhead, in front of the tail cone, had a dent with an approximant diameter of 1.5 inches, and that the tail tie down attachment had been bent and pushed upward. The pilot said that during the flare, he configured the airplane in an excessive nose-up attitude in efforts to use as little runway as possible. The pilot believed that the tail tie down attachment contacted the ground during the touchdown. No preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures were reported.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.