Piper PA-32-300 N2899N

Summary

On 27 May 2022 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N2899N, operated by Tailwinds Flying Club, was involved in an accident near Princeton, Minnesota, 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

27 May 2022 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Princeton, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Princeton Municipal Airport (PNM)

Coordinates

45.5604, -93.6084

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-300

Registration

N2899N

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

1

Operator

Tailwinds Flying Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Minneapolis → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN22LA218

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain proper approach glide path, which resulted in a collision with trees.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot and flight instructor were conducting a flight review. During the attempted short-field landing, the pilot slowed the airplane to 70 kts, about 10 kts slower than usual, and planned to make a “shallower than normal final approach.” While on short final, the airplane descended too low, and the airplane collided with a small tree. The airplane subsequently veered left, landed short of the runway, and impacted several taxiway lights, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and left aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation and that he let the airplane get too low and slow on final approach.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.