STORM LAKE, IA, USA
N4477X
PIPER PA-28-140
WHILE PRACTICING AN APPROACH TO LNDG STALL, THE STU PLT STATED THAT THE ENG FAILED TO RESPOND TO THROTTLE ADVANCEMENT. AFTER UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTING EMERGENCY PROCS TO INCLUDE CARB HEAT, FUEL PUMP, AND SWITCHING FUEL TANKS, HE SELECTED A FLD. PRIOR TO T/D, THE ENG REGAINED PWR AND THE LNDG WAS ABORTED. DURING CLIMBOUT, THE RT GEAR TORE OFF AFTER COLLISION WITH A FENCE. THE LNDG GEAR STRUCK AND DMGD THE HORIZONTAL STABILATOR. THE STU PLT RETURNED TO THE ARPT AND WAS ADVISED, BY RADIO, OF THE MISSING GEAR. HE THEN CIRCLED UNTIL THE LOCAL FIRE DEPT ARRIVED AND THEN ATMPTED A LNDG. THE ACFT NOSED DOWN DURING LNDG AND TORE OFF THE NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGED THE RT WING. THE STU PLT STATED THE DAMAGE MIGHT HAVE BEEN LESS IF HE HAD CONTINUED WITH HIS INITIAL EMERGENCY LNDG IN THE FLD.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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