What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The owner/pilot of aircraft N707HL along with an accompanying passenger was doing routine takeoffs and landings at the Mishawaka pilot?s Club using the hard surfaced runway 210. On the landing, which the accident occurred, the pilot explained that everything was normal on the approach. Approximate weather at that time, winds were reported at 6 or 7 mph and out of the south at 230. He explained that he had touched down hard and that the aircraft bounced back into the air, as the airspeed bled off the pilot said that he lost directional control of the rudder due to the low airspeed. The left main landing gear came up off of the runway causing the aircraft to pivot on the right main gear. The aircraft skidded off the left side of the runway. Extenuating this circumstance was the previous accumulation of snow and the snow being piled up along the runway from the snow plow. Consequently, the aircraft slowed rapidly, the main gear dug in to the snow causing the aircraft to flip upside down. The aircraft came to rest approximately 50 feet off of the runway at an angle of about 45 degrees. The pilot and passenger were able to exit the airplane through the aircraft doors. Both were reported uninjured.
As the FAA filed it
THE OWNER/PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N707HL ALONG WITH AN ACCOMPANYING PASSENGER WAS DOING ROUTINE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT THE MISHAWAKA PILOT?S CLUB USING THE HARD SURFACED RUNWAY 210. ON THE LANDING, WHICH THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL ON THE APPROACH. APPROXIMATE WEATHER AT THAT TIME, WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 6 OR 7 MPH AND OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 230. HE EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR, AS THE AIRSPEED BLED OFF THE PILOT SAID THAT HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE RUDDER DUE TO THE LOW AIRSPEED. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAME UP OFF OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PIVOT ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. EXTENUATING THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WAS THE PREVIOUS ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND THE SNOW BEING PILED UP ALONG THE RUNWAY FROM THE SNOW PLOW. CONSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED RAPIDLY, THE MAIN GEAR DUG IN TO THE SNOW CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP UPSIDE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OFF OF THE RUNWAY AT AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 45 DEGREES. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRPLANE THROUGH THE AIRCRAFT DOORS. BOTH WERE REPORTED UNINJURED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.