Accident · 2001-06-22

NTSB case LAX01LA217 · Piper PA-38-112 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2001-06-22
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Piper PA-38-112 (N2572N)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

Failure of the student pilot to maintain a proper airspeed during landing, which lead to a hard landing and porpoise down the runway leading to the collapse of the nose landing gear.

Source: NTSB case LAX01LA217

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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