ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293488
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| Date: | Saturday 23 October 2004 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | Ace Pilot Training |
| Registration: | N586FL |
| MSN: | 28-7125444 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lehighton, Pennsylvania -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Allentown-Lehigh Valley International Airport, PA (ABE/KABE) |
| Lehighton, PA (22N) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot was landing on a 3,000-foot-long, 60-foot-wide, asphalt, runway. He reported that the airplane landed "hard" and began to porpoise. The airplane came to a stop on the runway; however the nose gear, propeller, and engine firewall were damaged. The student pilot stated that he did not experience any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. He reported 39.6 hours of total flight experience, which included 1.7 hours of solo flight experience.
Probable Cause: The pilot inadequate flare, and failure to recover from a bounced landing.
Sources:
NTSB NYC05CA011
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Oct-2022 06:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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