ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294637
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 August 2004 |
| Time: | 13:50 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-180 |
| Owner/operator: | Stafford Flying Club, Inc |
| Registration: | N4631J |
| MSN: | 28R-30518 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3906 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Eliot, Maine -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sanford Airport, ME (SFM/KSFM) |
| Eliot, ME (3B4) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While turning to align with the runway during a simulated forced landing, the airplane overshot the runway, and the turn was continued to the right to come back to the landing surface. The flight instructor and the pilot each reported that about 6 feet above the runway, the airplane "stalled", "plummeted", and experienced a hard landing. The airplane shook during the landing roll, then veered right and departed the landing surface. The landing gear collapsed, the airplane came to rest, and the instructor and pilot egressed the airplane. When asked if they experienced any problems with the performance or handling of the airplane, each said no.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed above stall which resulted in a hard landing and collapse of the landing gear. Also causal was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB IAD04CA038
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 March 2013 | N4631J | Phoenix East Aviation Inc | 0 | Palm Coast Parkway, Palm Coast, FL | |
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| 23 July 2015 | N4631J | Skyeagle Aviation Academy | 0 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Oct-2022 07:15 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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