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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-17 · Sandpoint, ID · July 8, 2014

Date
July 8, 2014 · 12:40 local
Place
Sandpoint, ID
Airport
Sandpoint
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4842H
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR14CA288
Reported as
Piper PA-17
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,020 total220 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During the landing rollout, the airplane began to veer to the left, so he applied right rudder to correct the turn. Not sensing that right rudder was stopping the turn, the pilot stated that he applied right brake. When the right brake was applied, the pilot stated that the airplane veered abruptly to the right and the left main landing gear collapsed under the belly of the fuselage. The left wing tip and one propellor tip showed evidence of contacting the runway.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT, SO HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT THE TURN. NOT SENSING THAT RIGHT RUDDER WAS STOPPING THE TURN, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE APPLIED RIGHT BRAKE. WHEN THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE VEERED ABRUPTLY TO THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UNDER THE BELLY OF THE FUSELAGE. THE LEFT WING TIP AND ONE PROPELLOR TIP SHOWED EVIDENCE OF CONTACTING THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.