Piper PA-28-180 N32592
28 April 2021 · Friendly, Maryland, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 April 2021 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N32592, operated by 5Niner2Aviation, was involved in an accident near Friendly, Maryland, United States. 3 people were 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.
The record
- Date
- at 19:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Friendly, Maryland, United States
- Nearest airport
- Potomac Airfield (VKX)
- Coordinates
- 38.7486, -76.9559
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-180
- Registration
- N32592
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1974
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- 5Niner2Aviation
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fredricksburg → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA21LA210
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point on landing, which resulted in a collision with the runway lip.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that he had a higher-than-normal sink rate on final approach. The airplane landed short, and the left main landing gear struck the lip of the runway. The airplane bounced, then settled back on the runway, and the left wing dropped. The airplane veered off the runway into the grass and the left landing gear fully collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot said that he was carrying two passengers and did not consider the extra weight in the airplane, and that he should have added power sooner to arrest the sink rate.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-28 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2021 | Piper PA-28-180 | West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States | Brandywine Flight School | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 2021 | Piper PA-28-140 | Orlando, Florida, United States | Airline Training Academy | Serious injuries | - |
| 3 Jul 2021 | Piper PA-28-151 | Pottsboro, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 May 2021 | Piper PA-28-140 | Washington Court House, Ohio, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 9 Dec 2021 | Piper PA 28-140 | Houston, Texas, United States | Breathtaking Navigation LLC | Fatal | 2 |
| 23 May 2021 | Piper PA-28-180 | Lincoln Park, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 9,402 records for this type
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