20020810021299A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA22 · Shearer, ID · August 10, 2002

Date
August 10, 2002 · 18:00 local
Place
Shearer, ID
Airport
Shearer Usfs/Airport
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1573P
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA02LA149
Reported as
Piper PA22

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Landed at Usfs airstrip which is listed in the airport/facility directory as hazardous. The pilot stated the wind sock showed no wind, on downwind. He had a tail wind on short final. Go around was not an option. He applied heavy brakes, at touchdown, and the aircraft flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) LANDED AT USFS AIRSTRIP WHICH IS LISTED IN THE AIRPORT/FACILITY DIRECTORY AS HAZARDOUS. THE PILOT STATED THE WIND SOCK SHOWED NO WIND, ON DOWNWIND. HE HAD A TAIL WIND ON SHORT FINAL. GO AROUND WAS NOT AN OPTION. HE APPLIED HEAVY BRAKES, AT TOUCHDOWN, AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.