Flight CTSW N470Q

Summary

On 8 March 2011 at about 16:15 local time, a Flight CTSW registered N470Q, operated by Dominick Bonanno, was involved in an accident near Pittstown, New Jersey, 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

8 March 2011 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Pittstown, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Aky Manor Airport (N40)

Coordinates

40.5594, -74.9742

Aircraft

Flight CTSW

Registration

N470Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dominick Bonanno

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pittstown → Pittstown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA11CA193

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's inadequate flare and the certified flight instructor's inadequate remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the certified flight instructor (CFI), the purpose of the flight was for the student pilot to practice landings. As the student began to flare for landing, the airspeed decreased and the airplane stalled about 3 to 5 feet above the ground. The airplane impacted the runway hard on the right main landing gear and bounced. The student pilot applied full engine power and the airplane veered off the right side of the runway, traveled up an embankment, and the left wing impacted the ground. During the accident sequence, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. The CFI reported no preimpact mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.