Piper PA-28RT-201 N2863X
17 November 2005 · Bakersfield, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 November 2005 at about 20:10 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201 registered N2863X, operated by Maxine Turner, was involved in an accident near Bakersfield, 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 20:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Bakersfield, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Meadows Field (BFL)
- Coordinates
- 35.4336, -119.0569
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28RT-201
- Registration
- N2863X
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Maxine Turner
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Porterville → Bakersfield
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX06CA038
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an accelerated stall and hard landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane landed hard on the displaced threshold of the runway while maneuvering on short final approach to properly align with the runway. The pilot reported that she had to make a slight s-turn to final approach to correct for overshooting the runway centerline. As she flared, the airplane would not respond to control input and impacted the displaced threshold hard and skidded to rest on the right side of and short of the runway. Air traffic controllers asked the pilot to make a short final for traffic considerations and she accepted the request. They observed the airplane overshoot the runway centerline and enter a steep bank in an effort to realign with final approach. The airplane descended rapidly and impacted the ground. Post-accident examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness inspector, and a local mechanic, revealed no preimpact anomalies with the airplane that would have prevented its normal operation. The airplane sustained structural damage to both wings and the fuselage. The landing gear were sheared from the airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-28RT accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Aug 2005 | Piper PA-28RT-201 | Dunkirk, New York, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 8 May 2004 | Piper PA-28RT-201 | DeKalb, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jul 2006 | Piper PA-28RT-201T | Guipuzcoa, Spain | Vasco Andrede | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Apr 2004 | Piper PA-28RT-201T | Concord, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 9 Apr 2006 | Piper PA-28RT-201 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Northeast Aviation Inc | No injuries | - |
| 31 Jul 2004 | Piper PA-28RT-201T | Plymouth, Michigan, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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