Piper PA-28R-200 N169JP

Summary

On 25 April 2004 at about 21:00 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N169JP, operated by Ahart Aviation Services, was involved in an accident near Galt, California, 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

25 April 2004 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Galt, California, United States

Nearest airport

Franklin Field Airport (Q53)

Coordinates

38.3047, -121.4294

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-200

Registration

N169JP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ahart Aviation Services

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Livermore → Galt

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX04CA215

Nobody was injured.

the pilot under instruction's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed on final and misjudged flare, which resulted in stall/mush and hard landing. The certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision and failure to initiate timely remedial action were also causal.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot under instruction was slow on short final, flared, stalled, and made a hard landing. The pilot under instruction and certified flight instructor had made several uneventful landings. Both pilots reported that on the accident landing approach the pilot under instruction maintained a slow airspeed and misjudged the landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Both pilots indicated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane or engine prior to the hard landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.