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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Anchorage, AK · March 12, 2015

Date: March 12, 2015 · 18:00 local
Place: Anchorage, AK
Airport: Merrill Field
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9811D
Reported as: Piper PA-22-150
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,400 total115 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N9811DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150S/N 22-6698 Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150

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What happened

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

During the landing roll-out the flying pilot (the instructor) asked the student to "apply some brakes" as there are only brakes located on the left side of the aircraft where the student was located. At that time the student did not have his hands or feet on the controls and during the transfer of controls the aircraft veered to the left, the student corrected and the aircraft veered to the right. The instructor applied full left rudder. When this happened it pushed the student's right rudder pedal into his foot putting pressure on that brake. A combination of the turn and brake application caused the aircraft to tip up on it's nose.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE LANDING ROLL-OUT THE FLYING PILOT (THE INSTRUCTOR) ASKED THE STUDENT TO "APPLY SOME BRAKES" AS THERE ARE ONLY BRAKES LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WHERE THE STUDENT WAS LOCATED. AT THAT TIME THE STUDENT DID NOT HAVE HIS HANDS OR FEET ON THE CONTROLS AND DURING THE TRANSFER OF CONTROLS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, THE STUDENT CORRECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER. WHEN THIS HAPPENED IT PUSHED THE STUDENT'S RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL INTO HIS FOOT PUTTING PRESSURE ON THAT BRAKE. A COMBINATION OF THE TURN AND BRAKE APPLICATION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TIP UP ON IT'S NOSE.