# Accident 20150618009079A: Piper PA-20, Yellow Pine, ID, June 18, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2015, 12:17 local time
- Place: Yellow Pine, ID
- Airport: Johnson Creek
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9056° N, 115.4875° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9056&lon=-115.4875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6939K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6939K-2019-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 174 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150618009079A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FROM JOSEPH, OR (JSY) TO JOHNSON CREEK, ID (3U2) WITH  200 LBS OF GEAR (NOTE: THE GEAR THAT WAS IN THE AIRCRAFT WAS WEIGHED ON CALIBRATED SCALES AND CAME TO 237 LBS.), FULL FUEL, PILOT AND PASSENGER. DURING THE PREVIOUS LEG TO JSY THE PILOT WAS HAVING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEMS WHILE TAKING OFF AND LANDING. HE ALSO EXPERIENCED A TAIL WHEEL SHIMMY. HE TOPPED OFF WITH FUEL AT JSY. ON APPROACH TO 3U2 THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AT THE TURN TO FINAL. THE PILOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN A SLIP TO LOSE ALTITUDE. WHEN OVER THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY HE TOOK THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE SLIP BUT WAS DESCENDING FASTER THAN HE WOULD HAVE LIKED. HE TOUCHED DOWN ABOVE NORMAL LANDING SPEED AND AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL DESCENT RATE. AT TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO STABILIZE THE AIRCRAFT. HE DESCENDED AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AGAIN AT TOUCHDOWN. THIS TIME THE PILOT  ADDED POWER TO GO-AROUND. THE ATTEMPTED LANDING WAS TO  AN UP HILL STRIP WITH RISING TERRAIN AND A HOUSE AT THE OPPOSITE END. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AT 8000 FT.  ON GO AROUND THE PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT TO TRY TO FLY THROUGH A SLIGHTLY LOWER AREA  OF TREES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING SLOWLY, THE LEFT WING DIPPED, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GET THE WINGS LEVEL BUT THE LEFT WING THEN STRUCK A LARGE PINE TREE ABOUT 30 FT ABOVE THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN FLIPPED OVER AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE FRONT OF A SUBURBAN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED.

## 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 WPR15LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA190), Jun 18, 2015: Piper PA 20 (N6939K), Yellow Pine, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to go around after realizing that the airplane’s airspeed and altitude were too high, which resulted in an inadequate flare and bounced landing and a subsequent go-around…

## Other reports on N6939K (1)

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

- [Accident 20130814015769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130814015769A), Aug 14, 2013: Piper PA-20 (N6939K), Aurora, OR, Substantial damage. In a quartering wind, pilot lost control of aircraft and ground looped while landing rwy 17 (uao)

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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