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Piper PA-28R-180 N7559J

6 June 2010 · Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 June 2010 at about 14:30 local time, a Piper PA-28R-180 registered N7559J, operated by Edward L. Hale, was involved in an accident near Kingfisher, Oklahoma, 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.

The record

Date
at 14:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Nearest airport
Kingfisher (F92)
Coordinates
35.8703, -97.9525
Aircraft
Piper PA-28R-180
Registration
N7559J
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Edward L. Hale
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Kingfisher → Kingfisher
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CEN10LA303

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate airspeed while landing, which led to an aerodynamic stall and a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that this was his second landing on the grass strip that day. The winds were gusty and there was a slight crosswind. He turned onto final approach at 80 knots indicated airspeed with the landing gear down and flaps fully extended. He descended to the round out (flare), but the airplane "floated." He lowered the nose to allow the airplane to settle and he heard the stall warning horn intermittently. He applied full throttle and the engine responded but the airplane continued to descend. The airplane landed "hard." The left wing struck the ground, the airplane bounced, and then the right wing struck the ground. The nose gear collapsed and the airplane skidded to a stop. The pilot said that he didn't take into consideration the density altitude and that if he had maintained a higher landing speed the airplane would not have stalled. An examination of the airplane revealed no preexisting anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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