# Accident 20090924025609A: Piper PA-20, AK, September 24, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2009, 19:30 local time
- Place: AK
- Airport: Peede Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5540A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5540A-2017-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090924025609A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE HUNTING CAMP AT A SMALL PRIVATE STRIP WITH ICE AND SNOW COVERING THE GROUND.  ON TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT HIT A LARGE DIP IN THE RUNWAY AND BECAME AIRBORNE, THIS SENT THE AIRCRAFT TO THE SIDE OF THE STRIP, STRUCK THE GROUND AND NOSED OVER.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5540A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070624010879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070624010879A), Jun 24, 2007: Piper PA20 (N5540A), Nenana, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 24, 2006, N540A, a PA-20 ballanca, ground looped while landing on runway 22 at the Nenana airport. There was a 10-12 knot crosswind from 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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