# Accident 20071226829429A: Piper PA22150, North Pole, AK, December 26, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2007, 15:48 local time
- Place: North Pole, AK
- Airport: Bradley Sky-Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 65.7653° N, 147.3905° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.7653&lon=-147.3905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7637D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7637D-2018-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 30 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071226829429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A PRACTICE VFR LOW APPROACH TO THE LEFT SIDE OFF OF RUNWAY 33 AT BRADLEY FIELD, NORTH POLE ALASKA, FULL POWER WAS APPLIED FOR THE GO AROUND. THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE THROTTLE INPUT AND FAILED. THE CARBURETOR HEAT WAS AT FULL OPEN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK AND SANK INTO THE SNOW CAUSING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH DOWN AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR SANK INTO THE SNOW AND BROKE LOOSE TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WING TIP CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE WING AREA. BOTH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE OVER THE ACTUAL RUNWAY AND NOT OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF IT. NEITHER PILOT RECEIVED ANY INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (-23 AMENDMENT) UPON REACHING 50' AGL DURING A VFR LOW APPROACH, TO WHAT THE CREW BELIEVED WAS RUNWAY 33 AT BRADLEY FIELD, THEY POSITIONED THE CARBURETOR HEAT TO CLOSE, THE MIXTURE TO FULL RICH AND APPLIED FULL POWER FOR THE GO AROUND. THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE FULL THROTTLE INPUT AND FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK AND SANK INTO ABOUT ONE FOOT OF SNOW. THIS CAUSED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH DOWN ABRUPTLY, AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE SNOW. THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING TIP THEN THE RIGHT WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST ON THE SPINNER AND RIGHT WING. THE WING AND NOSE GEAR RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH FUEL LEAKING FROM BOTH WING FUEL TANKS, THERE WAS NO FIRE. BOTH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE OVER THE ACTUAL RUNWAY AND NOT OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF IT WHICH WAS THE CASE. NEITHER OF THE PILOTS RECEIVED ANY INJURIES.

## 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 ANC08LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA030), Dec 26, 2007: Piper PA-22-150 (N7637D), North Pole, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for an undetermined reason during an attempted go-around, resulting in a forced landing and a collision with snow-covered terrain. A factor associated with the accident was the…

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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