Piper PA-28-140 N586FL

Summary

On 23 October 2004 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N586FL, operated by Ace Pilot Training, was involved in an accident near Lehighton, Pennsylvania, 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

23 October 2004 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lehighton, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Jake Arner Memorial (22N)

Coordinates

40.8094, -75.7614

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N586FL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ace Pilot Training

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Allentown → Lehighton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC05CA011

Nobody was injured.

The pilot inadequate flare, and failure to recover from a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was landing on a 3,000-foot-long, 60-foot-wide, asphalt, runway. He reported that the airplane landed "hard" and began to porpoise. The airplane came to a stop on the runway; however the nose gear, propeller, and engine firewall were damaged. The student pilot stated that he did not experience any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. He reported 39.6 hours of total flight experience, which included 1.7 hours of solo flight experience.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.