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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22 · Enumclaw, WA · March 29, 2007

Date
March 29, 2007 · 17:59 local
Place
Enumclaw, WA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N968A
Reported as
Piper PA22
Reported engine
Lycoming O290D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
616 total370 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot stated that she lost power and tried switching tanks without success. Landed in a field but the nose wheel dug in and the aircraft ground looped.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT SHE LOST POWER AND TRIED SWITCHING TANKS WITHOUT SUCCESS. LANDED IN A FIELD BUT THE NOSE WHEEL DUG IN AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED.