# Accident 20030424005629A: Piper PA20, Palmer, AK, April 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2003, 13:30 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Palmer Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5972° N, 149.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5972&lon=-149.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5589H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5589H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 100 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030424005629A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5589H (1)

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

- [Accident 20160518014349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160518014349A), May 18, 2016: Piper PA-20 (N5589H), Tyonek, AK, Substantial damage. During take off roll tires hit muddy spot and aircraft flipped over coming to rest upside down

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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