Piper PA-28-140 C-GQPN

Summary

On 13 February 2016 at about 20:39 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered C-GQPN was involved in an accident near St Andrews, Canada. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 February 2016 at 20:39

Classification

Accident

Location

St Andrews, Canada

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

C-GQPN

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

ANC16WA070

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On February 13, 2016, about 2039 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a Piper PA-28-140 airplane, (Canadian Registration C-GQPN) was on approach to St. Andrews, MB (CYAV) with an instructor and a student on board. Prior to touch down at approximately 50 feet AGL, a snap was heard and the control column response was found to be very sluggish. The pilot was able to round out the aircraft just prior to touch down. The aircraft landed safely and taxied back to the ramp. A maintenance inspection of the control system revealed a complete failure of the control column T-bar assembly. The control column T-bar assembly will be sent to the TSB laboratory for further analysis. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Canadian government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Canadian government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage Place du Centre, 4th Floor Hull, Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada Tel.: (1) 819-994-4252 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.tsb.gc.ca

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.