Piper PA-28-140 N6881W

Summary

On 8 June 2013 at about 18:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N6881W, operated by Lewis Mark A, was involved in an accident near Ozark, Alabama, 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

8 June 2013 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Ozark, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Blackwell Field (71J)

Coordinates

31.4319, -85.6206

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N6881W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lewis Mark A

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ozark → Ozark

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA13CA284

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during the aborted landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was returning to his home airport at the conclusion of a local practice flight. After entering the traffic pattern, the pilot attempted to align the airplane with the runway while compensating for the crosswind. Just before touchdown, he elected to abort the landing, but after increasing engine power and retracting the flaps, the airplane began to drift off the left side of the runway and porpoise. The airplane eventually struck the ground and the right main landing gear collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing and firewall. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.