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FAA accident report · Piper PA-20 · Palmer, AK · April 24, 2003

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Date
April 24, 2003 · 13:30 local
Place
Palmer, AK
Airport
Palmer Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5589H
Reported as
Piper PA20
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total100 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days
N5589HRegistered now · Piper PA-20S/N 20-651 · Built 1951Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

(-23) Mr. Craig walters lost control of the PA-20 aircraft that he was flying. Upon touch down at Palmer muni airport the aircraft swerved, control inputs were made to correct the direction of travel which caused the aircraft to swerve in the opposite direction. This over correction caused the aircraft to depart the runway, where it struck a ditch and bent the main landing gear to the rear. The aircraft suffered wing damage, and the propeller struck the ground doing damage to the blades.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. CRAIG WALTERS LOST CONTROL OF THE PA-20 AIRCRAFT THAT HE WAS FLYING. UPON TOUCH DOWN AT PALMER MUNI AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED, CONTROL INPUTS WERE MADE TO CORRECT THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THIS OVER CORRECTION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE RUNWAY, WHERE IT STRUCK A DITCH AND BENT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TO THE REAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED WING DAMAGE, AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND DOING DAMAGE TO THE BLADES.

Other reports on N5589H · 1

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