Piper PA-28R-200 N2085T
3 December 2009 · Nogales, Arizona, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 December 2009 at about 18:00 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N2085T, operated by Tiffin Aviation Service, was involved in an accident near Nogales, Arizona, 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 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Nogales, Arizona, United States
- Nearest airport
- Nogales International (OLS)
- Coordinates
- 31.4178, -110.8478
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Registration
- N2085T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Tiffin Aviation Service
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Nogales → Nogales
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR10CA086
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The student's improper landing flare and the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flight instructor said that he was giving an end-of-course stage check to the private licensed student, who was taking a commercial pilot course. The instructor said that the flight was normal and upon returning to the airport he requested to see a short-field landing. They landed in a nose-high attitude and there was "only a slight bump” when the aircraft’s main wheels touched down. Two more landings were performed by the student, which completed the stage check. Four hours later the flight instructor took the same student out for another lesson. The airplane had not been flown during this 4-hour period. During the airplane’s preflight examination, he found a large crack in the left wing's surface immediately above the landing gear attachment point. The flight instructor stated that the student did not make any hard landings during the first flight of the day. The student stated that she did not remember anything unusual about the flight.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-28R accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2009 | Piper PA-28R-180 | Tucson, Arizona, United States | New Mexico Flying Eagle Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 28 Feb 2009 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Fallbrook, California, United States | M.Y. Air Corp | No injuries | - |
| 23 Apr 2009 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Hilliard, Florida, United States | Garrison Chadrick | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 2009 | Piper PA-28R-180 | Scotia, New York, United States | Kolath Airlines LLC | Fatal | 3 |
| 26 Aug 2009 | Piper PA-28R-201 | Luray, Virginia, United States | Aviation Adventures | No injuries | - |
| 1 Feb 2009 | Piper PA-28R | Santo Antonio do Leverger, Brazil | Jose Carlos De Souza Pires | Fatal | 3 |
All 1,342 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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