# Accident 20101108050089A: Piper PA-22-160, Watertown, SD, November 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2010, 15:07 local time
- Place: Watertown, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9725° N, 96.9944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9725&lon=-96.9944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3029Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3029Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-B2B (registry code 42138, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-b2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-160
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 134 total, 44 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101108050089A

## Narrative

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

11/08/2010, THE PILOT DEPARTED FROM LUVERNE, MN(LYV) AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 LOCAL TIME AND FLEW VFR TO HIS PARENTS PRIVATE FIELD LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES NNE OF WATERTOWN, SD(ATY).  THE PILOT LANDED IN A NE DIRECTION WITH A TAILWIND.  THE PLANE WAS APPROACHING A ROAD AND SOME TREES.  THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES.  THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ON IT'S BACK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, THE RUDDER, THE WING STRUTS, ENGINE MOUNT, AND THE LOWER LONGERONS AFT OF THE FIREWALL.   THE SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED THE FIELD WAS DRY AND THE LOCAL WINDS WERE FROM 230 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS.   THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED BY THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT.

## 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 CEN11CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA060), Nov 8, 2010: Piper PA-22-160 (N3029Z), Watertown, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent and premature use of the brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over.

## Other reports on N3029Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20051029025919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051029025919A), Oct 29, 2005: Piper PA22160 (N3029Z), Bennettsville, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 29, 2005, at 1745 local, a Piper pacer, PA-22/20 on landing roll out at the Bennettsville airport, Bennettsville, SC, (kbbp) ground looped…

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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