Piper PA-28-140 N6268W

Summary

On 19 April 2003 at about 18:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N6268W was involved in an accident near Orofino, Idaho, 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

19 April 2003 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Orofino, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Orofino Municipal Airport (S68)

Coordinates

46.4894, -116.2689

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N6268W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lewiston → Orofino

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA03LA067

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance resulting in a loss of airspeed, stall and undershoot of runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot set up for landing on runway 27 (2,500' X 50'). When he was approximately on a one-mile final he realized he was a little low and slow, and slowly started adding power. As the airplane came in over the river which borders the runway on the east, about a 1/4 mile final, it experienced a loss of lift and subsequently impacted terrain 50 feet short of the runway. The aircraft veered onto a grassy area where it skidded for 100 yards before coming to rest in an upright position. Both propeller blades were damaged, the nose gear collapsed rearward, the leading edge of the right wing was dented as a result of impacting a runway edge light, and there was substantial damage to the firewall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.