20020915025519A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Rock Springs, WY · September 15, 2002

Date
September 15, 2002 · 13:25 local
Place
Rock Springs, WY
Airport
Rock Springs Sweetwater Count
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8822P
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN02FA105
Reported as
Piper PA24260

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) The pilot was about to touch down on runway 21 when the passenger alerted him to a BE-1900 airliner rolling out after touch down on runway 27. To avoid running into the airliner at the point where the runways crossed the pilot initiated a go around, cleared the aircraft, stalled and settled into terrain outside the airport movement area.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 21 WHEN THE PASSENGER ALERTED HIM TO A BE-1900 AIRLINER ROLLING OUT AFTER TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 27. TO AVOID RUNNING INTO THE AIRLINER AT THE POINT WHERE THE RUNWAYS CROSSED THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND, CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT, STALLED AND SETTLED INTO TERRAIN OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT MOVEMENT AREA.

NTSB investigation

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