Accident Piper PA-32RT-300 N376AA,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354856
 
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Date:Saturday 24 January 1998
Time:15:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic P32T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-32RT-300
Owner/operator:Flight Training Center
Registration: N376AA
MSN: 7885094
Engine model:Lycoming IO-540
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Taos, NM -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Fort Collins, CO (KFNL)
Destination airport:(KSKX)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
During a landing at the termination of a cross-country flight, the aircraft was landed hard, and it bounced four times. The right main landing gear collapsed, and the aircraft departed the runway and came to rest off the departure end of the runway of intended landing.

Probable Cause: the pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: FTW98LA106
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 5 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB FTW98LA106

Location

Revision history:

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