# Accident 20050730016979A: Piper PA20, Weiser, ID, July 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2005, 09:49 local time
- Place: Weiser, ID
- Airport: Weiser Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2061° N, 115.9636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2061&lon=-115.9636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7004K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7004K-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 396 total, 20 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05CA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050730016979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 30, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1049 MDT, A PIPER PA-20 WAS LANDING AT WEISER AIRPORT (S87), AND MADE A WHEEL LANDING WITH THE LEFT WING LOW. THE PILOT DID NOT REALIZE THIS AND THE WING WENT LOWER WHEN THE MAIN GEAR (LEFT) DUG INTO THE DIRT. THE AIRPLANE THEN GROUND LOOPED.

## 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 SEA05CA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA156), Jul 30, 2005: Piper PA-20-115 (N7004K), Weiser, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, and his application of excessive braking as the aircraft started to depart the side of the runway.

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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