ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239296
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| Date: | Sunday 26 April 2020 |
| Time: | 08:45 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-20 Pacer |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1598A |
| MSN: | 20-836 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2381 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Colorado Springs, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Colorado Springs, CO (FLY) |
| Colorado Springs, CO (FLY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor reported that, while demonstrating a three-point, full-stall landing with a 4-knot right-quartering crosswind, the airplane bounced slightly but that it “seemed minor and controllable.” The airplane touched down again, and he pulled the yoke further aft, which resulted in another small bounce. Once the airplane was on the runway, he pulled the yoke full aft, and the airplane immediately veered right off the runway. The instructor attempted to correct by applying full left rudder to no avail. The left wingtip and nose struck the ground, and the airplane came to rest upright. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and aileron. A Federal Aviation Administer inspector and the pilot examined the airplane and found no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent loss of directional control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Aug-2020 09:56 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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