Accident · 1996-06-08

NTSB case MIA96LA152 · Piper PA-32R-301 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1996-06-08
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Piper PA-32R-301 (N821RR)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

Failure of the student pilot to maintain the proper descent rate resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was: the failure of other maintenance personnel to remove tape that was placed by company personnel over each static port before washing the airplane, inadequate preflight of the airplane by the student pilot, his failure to activate the alternate static source, and his lack of total experience in make and model airplane.

Source: NTSB case MIA96LA152

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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