ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230619
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 April 2019 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 |
| Owner/operator: | AeroGuard Flight Training Center |
| Registration: | N425PA |
| MSN: | 2843474 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 20333 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 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 student pilot reported that, on his second approach, he encountered "bumpy" air, and the airplane ballooned. He corrected by adding power, leveling the wings, and continuing the landing. Just before touchdown, the right wing lifted, and the airplane drifted left of the runway centerline. He applied power to go around, but the stall warning activated, and the airplane continued to drift left. Subsequently, the airplane aerodynamically stalled and collided with the ground and an airport taxiway sign.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage.
The student reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
About the time of the accident, the airport’s automated weather reporting station reported that the wind was from 270° at 6 knots. The pilot was landing the airplane on runway 23.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control during landing and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during the subsequent aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Nov-2019 08:20 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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