Piper PA 28-181 N928PA

Summary

On 20 June 2014 at about 18:45 local time, a Piper PA 28-181 registered N928PA was involved in an accident near Scottsdale, Arizona, 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

20 June 2014 at 18:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Phoenix Deer Valley (DVT)

Coordinates

33.7031, -112.0761

Aircraft

Piper PA 28-181

Registration

N928PA

Category

Airplane

Year built

1999

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wickenberg → Scottsdale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR14CA260

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate flare and failure to maintain aircraft control during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was making the last landing on his solo cross-country flight. On final approach the airspeed was high, and the airplane floated down the runway. The airplane landed hard and bounced back into the air. After the bounce, he applied power to abort the landing, but the airplane landed hard again, and the nose landing gear collapsed. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage firewall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.