Summary
On January 29, 1994, a Piper PA-28-235 (N8760W) was involved in an incident near Lovelock, NV. All 2 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: THAT THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL DURING THE FLARE.
On January 29, 1994, at 1246 hours Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-28-235, N8760W, landed hard, collapsed the nose gear, and nosed down while landing on runway 01 at Derby Field, Lovelock, Nevada. The pilot was completing a visual flight rules personal flight. The airplane, registered to and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. Neither the certificated private pilot nor his passenger was injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Reno-Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada, at 1215 hours.
Mr. Hugh "Jack" Roche, Principal Maintenance Inspector, Federal Aviation Administration, Reno Flight Standards District Office, conducted the on scene investigation. Inspector Roche said the pilot reported that he "stalled" the airplane during the landing.
This incident is documented in NTSB report LAX94LA108. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N8760W.
Accident Details
Probable Cause and Findings
THAT THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL DURING THE FLARE.
Aircraft Information
Registered Owner (Current)
Analysis
On January 29, 1994, at 1246 hours Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-28-235, N8760W, landed hard, collapsed the nose gear, and nosed down while landing on runway 01 at Derby Field, Lovelock, Nevada. The pilot was completing a visual flight rules personal flight. The airplane, registered to and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. Neither the certificated private pilot nor his passenger was injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Reno-Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada, at 1215 hours.
Mr. Hugh "Jack" Roche, Principal Maintenance Inspector, Federal Aviation Administration, Reno Flight Standards District Office, conducted the on scene investigation. Inspector Roche said the pilot reported that he "stalled" the airplane during the landing. The airplane struck the runway about 75 feet south of the threshold. The airplane's nose wheel collapsed and the airplane skidded off the left side of the runway and came to rest, nose down, about 600 feet north/northwest of the runway's edge.
The pilot submitted a Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1/2 to the Southwest Regional Office. In the report the pilot said that the airplane sustained "...a hard landing for an unknown reason...." He also said the airplane touched down about 500 feet beyond the threshold.
In a written statement to the Pershing County Sheriff's Department, Lovelock, Nevada, the pilot said, in part, "...our plane slowed too far and stalled in. It hit the runway fairly hard and caromed off the left side, where it nosed up [down]."
The passenger, the pilot's son, also submitted a written statement to the Sheriff's deputy. He confirmed the pilot's statement about slowing too far and said the airplane landed "askew."
Data Source
Data provided by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). For more information on this event, visit the NTSB Records Search website. NTSB# LAX94LA108