# NTSB Accident MIA96LA152
> **Piper PA-32R-301** · 1996-06-08 · SAN JUAN, PR · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA96LA152
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06062
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-06-08
- **Location:** SAN JUAN, PR
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-32R-301
- **Registration:** N821RR
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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