Piper PA-38-112 N2572N
22 June 2001 · Auburn, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 June 2001 at about 16:40 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2572N was involved in an accident near Auburn, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Auburn, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Auburn Municipal (AUN)
- Coordinates
- 38.9581, -121.0667
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-38-112
- Registration
- N2572N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fresno → Auburn
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX01LA217
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain a proper airspeed during landing, which lead to a hard landing and porpoise down the runway leading to the collapse of the nose landing gear.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot landed hard and the airplane porpoised down the runway, collapsing the nose landing gear, which damaged the firewall. This was an instructional flight that was terminating at home base. No discrepancies were noted with the airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-38 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 2001 | Piper PA-38-112 | Tracy, Minnesota, United States | Matthew Hagen Sederstrom | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jun 2001 | Piper PA-38-112 | Bozeman, Montana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 2001 | Piper PA-38-112 | Amarillo, Texas, United States | Ceburne Aviation Services | No injuries | - |
| 9 Dec 2001 | Piper PA-38-112 | O'Neill, Nebraska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Feb 2001 | Piper PA-38-112 | Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 1 Jun 2000 | Piper PA-38-112 | Steens, Mississippi, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 2001 | Hughes 269C | Tracy, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 2001 | Cessna R172K | Mammoth Lakes, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 2001 | Piper PA-46-350P | Stockton, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Mar 2001 | Jones RV-6A | Inyokern, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 2 May 2001 | Cessna 177B | Santa Maria, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 2001 | Cessna 140 | San Jose, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |