ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 148254
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| Date: | Thursday 30 August 2012 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 Archer III |
| Owner/operator: | Transpac Aviation Academy |
| Registration: | N309PA |
| MSN: | 2843508 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12276 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wickenburg Municipal Airport - E25, Wickenburg, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Gila Bend, AZ (E63) |
| Wickenburg, AZ (E25) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor said that during a landing, the student pilot flared too high and that he then took over control of the airplane. The airplane landed hard, and the tail tie-down hook struck the runway and was displaced into the fuselage, substantially damaging the aft bulkhead. Although the instructor conducted a postflight inspection of the airplane, the damage was not discovered at the time. When the flight instructor performed the next takeoff, he noticed that the elevator flight control was sluggish and minimally responsive, and the airplane’s climb performance was poor. The flight instructor landed the airplane without further incident. The damage was discovered during a subsequent inspection. The flight instructor reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have affected normal operation.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor’s delayed response in correcting the student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 February 2017 | N309PA | Private | 0 | Phoenix, AZ | |
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| Runway excursion | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Aug-2012 17:54 | Geno | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 13:15 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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