Piper PA-30 N931JS
16 February 2014 · Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 February 2014 at about 19:40 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N931JS, operated by Gateway Aviation, Ltd., was involved in an accident near Allentown, Pennsylvania, 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 19:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Allentown Queen City Municipal (XLL)
- Coordinates
- 40.5703, -75.4883
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-30
- Registration
- N931JS
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1969
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Gateway Aviation, Ltd.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Allentown → Allentown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA14LA133
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The flight instructor’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flight instructor reported that he simulated a right engine failure, which required the pilot receiving instruction to perform a single-engine, full-stop landing. The pilot receiving instruction maintained the correct airspeed on final but flared the airplane a little high, which resulted in a "solid touchdown." Shortly after touchdown, while the flight instructor was guarding the rudder pedals with his feet, the airplane veered heavily left, which he attempted to correct with full right rudder and brake. Runway skid marks indicated that the airplane yawed left as it continued to veer left and then collide with a snow bank off the left side of the runway. Postaccident examination of the nose landing gear steering system and the fractured left main landing gear trunnion revealed no evidence of preimpact failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation. No mechanical reason for the loss of directional control was identified during postaccident examination.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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