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CEN22LA218

2022-05-27 · Princeton, Minnesota, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport PNM

Current FAA registration · N2899N

Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-300
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790618
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2F30A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilot’s failure to maintain proper approach glide path, which resulted in a collision with trees.

Factual narrative

The private pilot and flight instructor were conducting a flight review. During the attempted short-field landing, the pilot slowed the airplane to 70 kts, about 10 kts slower than usual, and planned to make a “shallower than normal final approach.” While on short final, the airplane descended too low, and the airplane collided with a small tree. The airplane subsequently veered left, landed short of the runway, and impacted several taxiway lights, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and left aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation and that he let the airplane get too low and slow on final approach. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Personnel issues-Action/decision-Action-Delayed action-Instructor/check pilot
  • — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Descent/approach/glide path-Not attained/maintained
  • — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-(general)-Pilot

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2022_CEN22LA218.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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