Piper PA28 N33365
18 July 2009 · Malvern, Arkansas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 July 2009 at about 02:36 local time, a Piper PA28 registered N33365, operated by Carl E. Cook, was involved in an accident near Malvern, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 02:36
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Malvern, Arkansas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Malvern (M78)
- Coordinates
- 34.3331, -92.7614
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28
- Registration
- N33365
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Carl E. Cook
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Malvern → Malvern
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- CEN09CA453
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 during the approach to landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that the approach to landing was routine, flown with two notches of flaps, and airspeed steady at 80 knots. The pilot said the airplane appeared to be landing long, so he selected the last notch of flaps. Immediately afterward, he observed that the airspeed had decayed to 60 knots and the airplane had developed a high sink rate. The pilot applied full power but was unable to arrest the descent. The airplane impacted terrain approximately ten feet short of the runway threshold sustaining in substantial damage. An examination showed the left wing was fractured and mostly separated from the airframe just outboard of the fuselage. The left main landing gear and nose gear had collapsed and the propeller was bent. The pilot stated that the weather was clear, there was no wind, and there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident. An examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Airworthiness Inspector confirmed no mechanical anomalies.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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