20081216852929A

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND CO-OWNER OF N4008N ON 12/16/2008. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AND WAS THE OTHER CO-OWNER OF N4008N. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT FLYING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND STATED THAT HE WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON DECEMBER 12, 2008, THE TWO OWNERS PURCHASED N4008N FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. THE OWNERS FLEW THE AIRCRAFT, ON THAT SAME DAY, FROM TUCSON WITH THE INTENTIONAL DESTINATION OF REXBURG, IDAHO. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THEIR DESTINATION DUE TO WEATHER. THE OWNERS LANDED IN LOGAN (LGU), UTAH WHERE THEY LEFT THE AIRPLANE AND TOOK A BUS THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. ON DECEMBER 16, 2008 THEY HAD SOMEONE DRIVE THEM BACK TO LGU WHERE THEY WAITED UNTIL 21:30 LOCAL TIME TO DEPART DUE TO WEATHER. THEY HAD CHECKED WEATHER THROUGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION AND THROUGH WWW.AVIATIONWEATHER.GOV AND FOUND THAT THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE FLIGHT, BUT THE WEATHER THROUGH POCATELLO, ID WAS NOT FORECASTED TO BE CLEAR. THE PLAN WAS TO LAND BACK AT PRESTON (U10), ID AND DO ANOTHER WEATHER CHECK IF THEY RAN INTO BAD WEATHER. APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES PAST U10 THE OWNERS RAN INTO "POOR WEATHER." THEY TURNED BACK TO U10 TO LAND. THE OWNERS FLEW OVER THE RUNWAY AND DETERMINED THE RUNWAY HAD BEEN PLOWED BUT WITH ONLY PATCHES OF RUNWAY VISIBLE THROUGH THE SNOW. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND THERE WAS A FULL MOON. WINDS WERE CALM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT INTO U10. HE STATED THAT THE "FINAL APPROACH WAS NORMAL, STABILIZED APPROACH, CARBURETOR HEAT APPLIED, WITH FULL FLAPS TO A RUNWAY WELL LIT BY THE MOON, RUNWAY LIGHTS AND OUR LANDING LIGHTS" WERE ON. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO STATED, "I LANDED A LITTLE HARD AND BOUNCED THE LANDING. I WASN'T TOO CONCERNED ABOUT IT BECAUSE I PRACTICED THIS SCENARIO WITH MY STUDENTS SO OFTEN. I DECIDED TO APPLY FULL POWER AND GO AROUND FOR ANOTHER SETUP FOR LANDING, GIVEN THAT THIS WAS A HIGHER THAN USUAL BOUNCE AND WE WERE LANDING AT NIGHT. I PUSHED THE THROTTLE IN, BUT THERE WAS NO ENGINE RESPONSE. KNOWING THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE ENGINE DIED BECAUSE I ADVANCED THE THROTTLE TOO QUICKLY, I BACKED THE THROTTLE OUT AGAIN, AND ADVANCED IT AGAIN- THIS TIME AT A SLOWER RATE. BUT THE ENGINE WAS QUIET. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING GOOD THE ENTIRE FLIGHT FROM TUCSON AND BELIEVED THAT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND DUE TO THE FAST ADVANCEMENT OF THE THROTTLE UPON THE GO-AROUND. THE PILOT AT THAT POINT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT GOING AS STRAIGHT AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE BOUNCE. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN WAS THE FIRST TO ENTER THE SNOW OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL MOVING TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN A FAIRLY STRAIGHT DIRECTION. ONCE THE RIGHT MAIN ENTERED THE SNOW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND FLIPPED OVER AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE-DOWN. THE OWNERS WERE IN THE AIRCRAFT UPSIDE DOWN WITH NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL WITH DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER, WING TIPS (AFTER FLIPPING), FIREWALL, STRUTS, PROPELLER AND POSSIBLE WING SPAR DAMAGE (TO BE DETERMINED AFTER RECOVERY).