ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89238
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 January 2011 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5658W |
| MSN: | 28-825 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming 0-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pekin Municipal Airport, Green Valley, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pekin, IL (C15) |
| Pekin, IL (C15) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot said that he was a performing takeoffs and landings on his first solo flight when the accident occurred. He stated that he had made two or three uneventful landings prior to the accident. He said that, while floating down the runway, he was holding the airplane off the ground waiting for it to settle. He said that he did not pay sufficient attention to the airplane’s airspeed and it stalled about 10 to 15 feet above the runway. The airplane's nose dropped and the airplane impacted the ground nose first and skidded to a stop. He stated that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage, including buckling of the fuselage and bending of both wing spars.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the landing approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://www.pjstar.com/x104383647/Plane-crashes-at-Pekin-airport
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=5658W
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2011 06:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 20-Jan-2011 13:14 | bizjets101 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator] |
| 20-Jan-2011 13:21 | bizjets101 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 06-May-2012 11:31 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 18:46 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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