Piper PA-28-140 N9592W

Summary

On 21 May 2014 at about 19:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N9592W was involved in an accident near Sussex, New Jersey, 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

21 May 2014 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sussex, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Sussex (FWN)

Coordinates

41.2003, -74.6231

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N9592W

Category

Airplane

Year built

1967

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Linden → Sussex

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA14CA250

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed while on approach, and his subsequent failure to recover from a bounced landing, 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

The private pilot was landing on a 3,499-foot-long, asphalt runway. He reported that the airplane's final approach speed was "too fast" and upon landing, the airplane began to bounce. After the third bounce, the airplane landed hard which resulted in substantial damage to the nose landing gear and firewall. The pilot further reported he did not experience any preaccident malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation, and that he should have aborted the landing after the first bounce. Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were variable at 7 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.