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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-20 · Canandaigua, NY · May 6, 2019

Date
May 6, 2019 · 19:40 local
Place
Canandaigua, NY
Airport
Canandaigua
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7046K
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA293
Reported as
Piper PA-20
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-290 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,091 total5 in this make and model9 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.

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during landing, the left wing raised

And the airplane "violently turned left." The pilot attempted to recover, but the airplane ground

Looped and nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT OF THE TAILWHEEL-EQUIPPED AIRPLANE REPORTED THAT, DURING LANDING, THE LEFT WING RAISED

AND THE AIRPLANE "VIOLENTLY TURNED LEFT." THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER, BUT THE AIRPLANE GROUND

LOOPED AND NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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