Piper PA-28-161 N2838D

Summary

On 12 March 2011 at about 18:05 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 registered N2838D was involved in an accident near Oxford, Connecticut, 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.

Date

12 March 2011 at 18:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Oxford, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Waterbury-Oxford Airport (OXC)

Coordinates

41.4783, -73.1350

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-161

Registration

N2838D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oxford → Oxford

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA11CA187

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's inadequate landing flare and the certified flight instructor's inadequate remedial action, resulting in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the student pilot, he was practicing crosswind landings with his certified flight instructor (CFI) when they planned to perform a full stop landing on runway 36. The airplane touched down hard in a level attitude and the CFI moved his hand to the throttle to add engine power but was too late. After impacting the runway, the nose gear collapsed, and the airplane incurred substantial damage to the firewall. After reviewing a security video of the accident, the airport manager reported that the airplane did not flare prior to landing. A postaccident examination of the wreckage revealed that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane. The reported wind conditions at an the airport around the time of the accident were variable from 240 degrees to 310 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 17 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.