# Accident 20050222002729A: Piper PA28181, The Dalles, OR, February 22, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2005, 15:00 local time
- Place: The Dalles, OR
- Airport: The Dalles Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6186° N, 121.1683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6186&lon=-121.1683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N181WC-2013-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 26 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050222002729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT MADE SOLO FULL FLAP LANDING TO RUNWAY 7. THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS 060 AT 09 KNOTS. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, AIRCRAFT FLARED HIGH AT ABOUT 15 FEET AND ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. AFTER APPLYING FULL POWER THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP SEVERELY, LEVELED OFF AT 30 FEET, INITIATED A LEFT TURN WHICH DEVELOPED INTO A WING OVER TYPE MANEUVER. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TO A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 250 DEGREES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS BELLY. THE LEFT WING HAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS BACK INJURIES. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED LEFT BY THE CROSSWIND. WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP AND THE STALL HORN WAS GOING OFF. SHE STATED SHE COULD NOT PUSH THE NOSE DOWN AND BECAME CONFUSED. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS NOT COMFORTABLE MAKING SOLO FLIGHTS UNLESS WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE "PERFECT."

## 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 SEA05LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA051), Feb 22, 2005: Piper PA-28-181 (N181WC), The Dalles, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper compensation for the wind condition and the improper rejected landing procedure, which resulted in the collision with terrain. A contributing factor to the accident was…

## Other reports on N181WC (1)

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

- [Incident 19830917065929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830917065929I), Sep 17, 1983: Piper PA28181 (N181WC), Urbana, IL, Minor damage. Engine failed to respond on a night simulated forced landing. Landed in a field. Possible carburetor icing.

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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