Piper PA-28 N32194

Summary

On 28 January 2002 at about 23:20 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N32194 was involved in an accident near Berryville, Arkansas, 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.

Date

28 January 2002 at 23:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Berryville, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Carroll County Airport (4M1)

Coordinates

36.3826, -93.6205

Aircraft

Piper PA-28

Registration

N32194

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Springfield → Berryville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

FTW02LA075

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the sunglare.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that the first two approaches to the runway at an unfamiliar airport were too short. On his third approach, seeing that he was still too high, the pilot decided to steepen his glide path toward the numbers, which resulted in gaining too much speed. With the glaring sun in his eyes, the airplane touched down hard, bounced, touched down hard a second time, and bounded again. After touching down hard a third time, the nose gear collapsed, and the propeller blade tips struck the runway. The airplane then veered off the runway, impacted an approach light, and slid down an embankment coming to rest against two trees.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.