Piper PA28-140 N6455R

Summary

On 15 August 2007 at about 23:30 local time, a Piper PA28-140 registered N6455R, operated by James Allen Winget, was involved in an accident near Front Royal, Virginia, 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

15 August 2007 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Front Royal, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Front Royal-Warren County Airp (KFRR)

Coordinates

38.9172, -78.2522

Aircraft

Piper PA28-140

Registration

N6455R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

James Allen Winget

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Franklin → Front Royal

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL07CA118

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he "entered the 45 made call traffic for landing runway 27. Went through the checklist, called downwind at 1000 feet agl. Began descent and put in one notch of flaps. Called base and put in second notch of flaps. Called final was higher than I wanted and put in full flaps. Came down to the runway with a bit of ground effect lift. Pulled back and [the air]plane settled down on the runway. Nose bounced a couple of quick times and came off of the runway. Began to oscillate in bigger bounces. Third time nosed over into the runway folding the front nose gear under the airplane and prop ground into the pavement. Plane skidded forward and off to the left where it hit a light and slid off the runway." The pilot further stated that "I should have reacted faster on the first or second hop and hit the throttle, I could have recovered and gone around."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.