Piper PA-28-235 N918JR

Summary

On 8 May 2010 at about 17:20 local time, a Piper PA-28-235 registered N918JR, operated by Ricki-Lee Halling, was involved in an accident near Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 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

8 May 2010 at 17:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Lake Havasu City (HII)

Coordinates

34.5711, -114.3583

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-235

Registration

N918JR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ricki-Lee Halling

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake Havasu → Lake Havasu

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR10CA233

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a go-around, resulting in a stall/mush.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was on a local training flight. After flying about 1 hour in the practice area, she returned to the airport to perform touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. The reported winds at the time of the accident were 200 at 4 knots. During the approach to runway 32, she felt that a crosswind blew the airplane to the left. Landing in this position would have resulted in excessive stress to the left main landing gear. The student pilot initiated a go-around, applying full power and turning off carburetor heat. She indicated that at this point, an updraft pushed the airplane nose up and the airplane stalled. The student pilot attempted to recover from the stall; however, the "controls were sloppy and the airplane was not responding." The airplane came to rest inverted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.