Piper PA-28R-200 N1514X

Summary

On 15 May 2003 at about 16:15 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N1514X was involved in an accident near Gaithersburg, Maryland, 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

15 May 2003 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Montgomery County Airpark (GAI)

Coordinates

39.1683, -77.1658

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-200

Registration

N1514X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gaithersburg → Gaithersburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC03LA108

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While on the final approach leg of a simulated forced landing, the airspeed began to decrease to 70 mph, and the pilot added power. About 1/4-mile short of the runway, the airspeed decreased to 60 mph, "presumably because of loss of 10 knot headwind," and the airplane stalled. The airplane descended into a grass field short of the runway, and came to rest upright. The winds recorded at a nearby airport, about the time of the accident, were from 040 degrees at 5 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.