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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Mountain Home, TX · September 3, 2004

Date: September 3, 2004 · 11:40 local
Place: Mountain Home, TX
Airport: Goebel Field Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2972P
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW04LA231
Reported as: Piper PA22150
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 250 total55 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N2972PRegistration cancelled Aug 30, 2012 · Piper PA-22-150S/N 22-3247 · Built 1955 Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) The pilot had departed llano airport in VMC conditions, on a VFR flight plan with full fuel. The pilot had conducted a touch and go at Goebel field on runway 14, a grass strip. On the takeoff phase of the touch and go the pilot pulled up to clear trees at the end of the runway, the airspeed decayed to stall speed. The airplane sank with a nose high attitude and contacted the ground on the main landing gear. The aircraft bounced and the nose pitched down and made contact with the ground a second time with the propeller striking the ground and the nose gear collapsing. The nose of the aircraft dug into the ground (an uphill slope) and the airplane flipped on it's back and skid approximately 75 feet. The pilot shut off the fuel selector and master switch, then he and the passenger exited the aircraft. The airplane's left hand wing spar was twisted and the vertical rudder was crushed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT HAD DEPARTED LLANO AIRPORT IN VMC CONDITIONS, ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH FULL FUEL. THE PILOT HAD CONDUCTED A TOUCH AND GO AT GOEBEL FIELD ON RUNWAY 14, A GRASS STRIP. ON THE TAKEOFF PHASE OF THE TOUCH AND GO THE PILOT PULLED UP TO CLEAR TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRSPEED DECAYED TO STALL SPEED. THE AIRPLANE SANK WITH A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AND CONTACTED THE GROUND ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND A SECOND TIME WITH THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DUG INTO THE GROUND (AN UPHILL SLOPE) AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED ON IT'S BACK AND SKID APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET. THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE FUEL SELECTOR AND MASTER SWITCH, THEN HE AND THE PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT HAND WING SPAR WAS TWISTED AND THE VERTICAL RUDDER WAS CRUSHED.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB FTW04LA231Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMountain Home, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall.Sep 3, 2004 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N2972P · 1

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

Incident 19851221070829IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Gustine, TXNosed over during forced landing after engine failed. Molded cellular carburetor float absorbs auto fuel.Dec 21, 1985 · Reported as Piper STCPA22 · Minor damage