# Accident 20010616039629A: Piper PA22160, Anchorage, AK, June 16, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2001, 12:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Strip Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1869° N, 149.9653° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1869&lon=-149.9653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9704D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9704D) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 35 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010616039629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 16, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1515 ADT, A WHEEL EQUIPPED PIPER PA-22, N97040, WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING ACCIDENT AT THE LAKE HOOD STRIP, ALASKA. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 13, BOUNCED ON LANDING, BOUNCED AGAIN AND ADDED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND. THE AIRPLANE VEERED LEFT, WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER.

## 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 ANC01LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA069), Jun 16, 2001: Piper PA-22 (N9704D), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate bounced landing recovery, and his failure to correct for torque/P-factor during an aborted landing.

## Other reports on N9704D (1)

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

- [Accident 19811106072009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811106072009A), Nov 6, 1981: Piper PA22160 (N9704D), Missoula, MT, Substantial damage. Instructor was checking out pilot on his first flight in a tail dragger. Raised tail on takeoff, lost control.

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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