Piper PA32R N82303

Summary

On 13 June 2018 at about 23:35 local time, a Piper PA32R registered N82303 was involved in an accident near Caddo Mills, Texas, 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

13 June 2018 at 23:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Caddo Mills, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Caddo Mills Muni (7F3)

Coordinates

33.0361, -96.2431

Aircraft

Piper PA32R

Registration

N82303

Category

Airplane

Year built

1980

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dallas → Dallas

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA18CA346

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing and to follow the Before Landing checklist, which resulted in an attempted go-around and subsequent hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The solo student pilot reported that, during the landing flare, the gear-retracted warning horn sounded. The propeller struck the ground, and he applied full throttle and initiated a go-around. The engine began "bucking," so he decided to lower the landing gear and land on the remaining runway. He applied forward pressure to the yoke to level the airplane, but the airplane touched down hard and came to rest upright, off the left side of the runway. The student reported that he should have verified the configuration of the landing gear before landing. He added that he did not use a prelanding checklist. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.