# Accident 19980828022479A: Piper PA22160, Arctic Village, AK, August 28, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Arctic Village, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 68.0908° N, 145.5997° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=68.0908&lon=-145.5997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3100Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3100Z-2013-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 278 total, 174 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980828022479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT CRASHED ON LANDING. (-23)ON 8/29/98 THE PILOT DAVID PAUL POPPE, WAS APPROACHING TO LAND AT AN UNIMPROVED GRAVEL BAR LANDING STRIP THAT WAS APPROX. 8-900 'LONG.  HE APPROACHED WITH FULL FLAPS.  HE ORIGINALLY WAS GOING TO DO A LOW APPROACH, BUT INSTEAD, TOUCHED DOWN, WHEN HE APPLIED POWER FOR THE GO-AROUND THE AIRPLANE WOULDN'T CLIMB OUT OF THE GROUND EFFECT.  THE TAIL WHEEL IMPACTED A DITCH, THEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SEPARATED.  THE RIGHT GEAR BENT UP, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOME WILLOWS, AT ABOUT 1500 FEET FROM THE ORIGINAL IMPACT POINT, AT WHICH, AT THIS POINT, IT SETTLED ONTO THE BRUSH AND CAME TO A STOP.  AT ABOUT THE 1000 FOOT MARK THE ENGINE HAD STOPPED FROM TREE IMPACT. THE FLAPS WERE STILL FULL DOWN.(.4) THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS LANDING TO THE WEST ON THE 900 FEET LONG OFF AIRPORT SITE IN A TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE. HE STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE REALIZED HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE BEFORE REACHING THE END OF THE LANDING SITE, AND ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE LANDING. HE SAID THAT HE APPLIED FULL TAKEOFF POWER, AND THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE, BUT FAILED TO GAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO CLEAR RISING TERRAIN AT THE END OF THE SITE. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A DRY    CREEK BED, AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, AND FUSELAGE. TH E PILOT NOTED THAT WIND CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE ESTIMATED TO BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS, WITH PEAK GUSTS TO 10 KNOTS. THE PILOT NOTED THAT THERE WERE NO PREACCIDENT MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRPLANE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC98LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA133), Aug 28, 1998: Piper PA-22 (N3100Z), Arctic Village, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed action to abort the landing. Factors associated with the accident were a tail wind, and rising terrain.

## Other reports on N3100Z (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19880323007909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880323007909A), Mar 23, 1988: Piper PA22160 (N3100Z), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Collided with a snowbank and flipped inverted while landing on a snow covered frozen lake.
- [Accident 19810515027299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810515027299A), May 15, 1981: Piper PA22160 (N3100Z), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Ground-looped landing in light crosswind.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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