Piper PA28 N2961W

Summary

On 19 October 2019 at about 16:10 local time, a Piper PA28 registered N2961W, operated by Penn Flight School LLC, was involved in an accident near Quakertown, Pennsylvania, 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

19 October 2019 at 16:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Quakertown, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Quakertown (UKT)

Coordinates

40.4353, -75.3819

Aircraft

Piper PA28

Registration

N2961W

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

1

Operator

Penn Flight School LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Quakertown → Quakertown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA20CA079

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a drainage culvert.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that he was performing a solo training flight in the traffic pattern. During the landing flare, the airplane touched down hard and bounced about 20 ft left of the runway centerline. It subsequently exited the left side of the runway and entered a drainage culvert before it came to a stop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mount.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.