# Accident 20081114852609A: Piper PA22108, Bowling Green, MO, November 14, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, MO
- Airport: Bowling Green Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3305° N, 91.1891° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3305&lon=-91.1891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5432Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5432Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081114852609A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 14, 2008 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONDUCTED HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN N5432Z SINCE  RECEIVING HIS TAIL WHEEL ENDORSEMENT ON NOVEMBER 12, 2008. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD  CONDUCTED A LOCAL VFR FLIGHT SURROUNDING THE BOWLING GREEN MUNICIPAL  AIRPORT (H19) FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS. ON HIS THIRD LANDING TO THE  TURF, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BELIEVED THE WIND SHIFTED CAUSING A LEFT CROSSWIND  CONDITION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED, HE ATTEMPTED A WHEEL LANDING, BOUNCED UPON  INITIAL TOUCHDOWN, AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. AS THE AIRCRAFT  CONTINUED TO HEAD TO THE LEFT, IT BEGAN TO APPROACH THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE  FOR THE WIND SOCK. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO AVOID STRIKING THE  SUPPORT STRUCTURE BY PULLING THE POWER OFF, APPLYING RUDDER, AND APPLIED  BRAKES IN AN ATTEMPT TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE APPLIED  BRAKE PRESSURE RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT ROTATING ABOUT ITS NOSE AND COMING  TO REST INVERTED. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED 345 FEET FROM THE ARRIVAL END OF THE  RUNWAY, TURNED LEFT AND TRAVELLED 111 FEET INTO THE ADJACENT PLOWED FIELD  WHERE IT NOSED OVER. THE FIREWALL WAS BENT, RIGHT WING HAD 6 RIBS CRUSHED,  LEFT WING 2 RIBS CRUSHED, AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING SUPPORT STRUTS WERE  BENT.

## 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 CEN09CA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA066), Nov 14, 2008: Piper PA-22-108 (N5432Z), Bowling Green, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control during the landing sequence. A contributing factor was the sudden gusty crosswind.

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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