Accident Piper PA-28-151 Warrior N832KF,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145832
 
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Date:Thursday 15 March 2012
Time:14:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic P28A model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-28-151 Warrior
Owner/operator:Hilton Head Flyers Llc
Registration: N832KF
MSN: 28-7515163
Year of manufacture:1974
Total airframe hrs:4227 hours
Engine model:Lycoming 0-320 SERIES
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Charleston Executive Airport - KJZI, Charleston, SC -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Pickens, SC (LQK)
Destination airport:Charleston, SC (JZI)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The student pilot stated that the airplane touched down hard, bounced, and floated sideways before touching down again on the right main landing gear then the nose landing gear. The airplane's nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest upright on the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the engine firewall. The owner of the airplane stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: ERA12CA228
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 3 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB
FAA register: https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120316X41023&key=1
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=832KF&x=0&y=0

https://flightaware.com/photos/view/53567-68885495e2c502167d2c41b5bb2e3127c8823166/all/sort/date/page/5646
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120316X41023&key=1
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=832KF&x=0&y=0

https://flightaware.com/photos/view/53567-68885495e2c502167d2c41b5bb2e3127c8823166/all/sort/date/page/5646

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-May-2012 00:00 Geno Added
21-Dec-2016 19:28 ASN Update Bot Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]
27-Nov-2017 20:28 ASN Update Bot Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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