Piper PA 24 N8583P

Summary

On 26 September 2015 at about 20:20 local time, a Piper PA 24 registered N8583P, operated by Gordon E. Hering, was involved in an accident near West Bend, Wisconsin, 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

26 September 2015 at 20:20

Classification

Accident

Location

West Bend, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

West Bend Muni (ETB)

Coordinates

43.4222, -88.1281

Aircraft

Piper PA 24

Registration

N8583P

Category

Airplane

Year built

1965

Engines

1

Operator

Gordon E. Hering

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waukesha → West Bend

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA15CA287

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain his descent rate during the landing, which resulted in a hard landing and runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that when he initiated the landing flare, his sight picture "looked correct"; however the airplane impacted the runway before he transitioned to a "horizontal" attitude. The pilot reported that the airplane landed hard, bounced, exited the runway to the left, and the landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. The pilot reported that no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies existed with the airplane that would have prevented normal flight operations.  

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.