# Accident 20030929024909A: Piper PA22, Cle Elum, WA, September 29, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2003, 14:57 local time
- Place: Cle Elum, WA
- Airport: Cle Elum Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1681° N, 120.8833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1681&lon=-120.8833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2291A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2291A-2013-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,035 total, 900 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030929024909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN CONDUCTED A NORMAL LANDING APPROACH. ON SHORT FINAL THE AIRMAN FELT THE APPROACH BECOMING LOW, AND THUS ADDED POWER. AIRMAN STATED THAT IT BECAME APPARENT THAT HE WOULD TOUCH DOWN JUST BEFORE THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, INTO WHAT APPEARED TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN GRAVEL. UPON TOUCHDOWN AIRCRAFT STRUCK UNEVEN TERRAIN IN THE FORM OF A MILD BERM WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY COMPROMISED THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING, DRIFTING TOWARDS THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO LEAVE RUNWAY AS HE FELT THAT WOULD RESULT IN NOTHING MORE THAN A ROLLOUT INTO THE GRASS. AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SOFT DIRT, THROUGH WHICH THE DAMAGED NOSE GEAR FAILED FURTHER, ALLOWING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE PERPETUAL MOTION WAS SUFFICIENT TO CARRY THE AIRCRAFT ONTO ITS BACK, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.

## 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 SEA03LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA198), Sep 29, 2003: Piper PA-22 (N2291A), Cle Elum, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An undershoot due to the pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path on final approach to landing. A factor was the gravel.

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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