Piper PA-42 N28DA
9 March 2009 · Belmar, New Jersey, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 March 2009 at about 16:18 local time, a Piper PA-42 registered N28DA, operated by Hortmont Aviation Services Inc, was involved in an accident near Belmar, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were 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 16:18
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Belmar, New Jersey, United States
- Nearest airport
- Monmouth Executive Airport (BLM)
- Coordinates
- 40.1869, -74.1247
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-42
- Registration
- N28DA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Hortmont Aviation Services Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Positioning
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Philadelphia → Belmar
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA09CA190
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot in the right seat stated that he was the "flying pilot" at the time of the accident. The flight proceeded normally in instrument meteorological conditions. The pilot made visual contact with the airport between 1 and 2 miles from the airport, and the pilot circled to land on runway 14. When he was between 200 and 300 hundred feet above ground level, he corrected his turn to final with a "slightly aggressive bank angle" while simultaneously reducing power, resulting in an excessive sink rate. He rolled the wings to level and increased power. He was not able to arrest the sink rate before the aircraft impacted the runway. The impact collapsed the left main landing gear and caused the airplane to swerve left. The airplane came to rest approximately 1000 feet beyond the threshold off the left side of the runway. The "flying pilot" had over 133 hours in the make and model of the accident aircraft, 20 hours as pilot in command (PIC), and 3 hours as PIC in the preceding 90 days.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-42 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jan 2009 | Piper PA-42-720 | Konigstein, Germany | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Jul 2012 | Piper PA-42 | Charleston, West Virginia, United States | Clear Blue Sky Aviation LLC | No injuries | - |
| 18 Oct 2006 | Piper PA-42 | Prescott, Arizona, United States | William Friedman | Fatal | 5 |
| 11 Jun 2004 | Piper PA-42 | Reims, France | Lixx Bail | Serious injuries | - |
| 31 Jan 2002 | Piper PA-42-720 | Ames, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 May 2001 | Piper PA-42-1000 | Nurnberg, Germany | Max Schaldach | Fatal | 1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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