# NTSB Accident CHI97LA289
> **Piper PA-28-140** · 1997-09-07 · GRANT, MI, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI97LA289
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08812
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-09-07
- **Location:** GRANT, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.849819, -87.020393
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 3
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-140
- **Registration:** N6391R
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's fixation on the end of the runway, his failure to place the airplane in an attitude to land (flare) which resulted in a hard landing, and the pilot's failure to recover from the subsequent bounced landing.

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