Piper PA28R N3805T

Summary

On 25 August 2017 at about 14:00 local time, a Piper PA28R registered N3805T, operated by Pressley Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Monroe, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 August 2017 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Monroe, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Charlotte-Monroe Executive (EQY)

Coordinates

35.0175, -80.6219

Aircraft

Piper PA28R

Registration

N3805T

Category

Airplane

Year built

1969

Engines

1

Operator

Pressley Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Monroe → Monroe

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA17LA301

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a preflight inspection of the airplane, the flight instructor and the student pilot observed a small hole in the upper surface of the left wing and skin wrinkling on the upper and lower surfaces of the left wing. The airplane had been flown twice on the previous day. The first flight, which was in the morning, was conducted by the same flight instructor and student pilot who noticed the damage. They reported that no damage was present when they performed a postflight inspection of the airplane. The second flight, which was in the afternoon, was conducted by another pilot as a personal flight. That pilot did not notice the damage during his preflight inspection. However, the damage was visible in photographs taken by a passenger on that flight, both on the ground before departure and during takeoff. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the left wing spar. The damage was consistent with a hard landing; however, the investigation could not determine when the damage occurred.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.