ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295877
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| Date: | Thursday 15 May 2003 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Octopus Flying Club |
| Registration: | N1514X |
| MSN: | 28R-7535305 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gaithersburg, Maryland -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport, MD (GAI/KGAI) |
| Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport, MD (GAI/KGAI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While on the final approach leg of a simulated forced landing, the airspeed began to decrease to 70 mph, and the pilot added power. About 1/4-mile short of the runway, the airspeed decreased to 60 mph, "presumably because of loss of 10 knot headwind," and the airplane stalled. The airplane descended into a grass field short of the runway, and came to rest upright. The winds recorded at a nearby airport, about the time of the accident, were from 040 degrees at 5 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC03LA108
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 13:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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