N425PA is a 2001 Piper PA-28-181. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 4 seats, powered by a Lycoming 0-360-A1D rated at 180 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Greeley, CO. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Jul 2001. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 25 years old
- 1 of 3,619 Piper PA-28-181
2001
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The student pilot reported that, on his second approach, he encountered "bumpy" air and the aircraft ballooned. He corrected by adding power, leveling the wings and continuing the landing. Just prior to touching down, the right wing raised, and the airplane drifted to the left. He applied power to go-around, the stall warning activated but the airplane continued to drift left. Subsequently, the airplane aerodynamically stalled and collided with the ground.
Per the photos provided by the Federal Aviation Administration that the airplane also impacted an airport taxi way sign during the accident.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage.
The student pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
About the time of the accident, the automated weather reporting station located at the airport, reported that the wind was from 270° at 6 knots. The pilot was landing the airplane on runway 23.
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About the Piper PA-28-181
About the modelThe Archer — a four-seat Cherokee with the later tapered wing, which softened the handling of the earlier constant-chord aircraft. Still in production and widely used for training.
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