What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot and commercially rated passenger made a hard landing at Homer Alaska, and veered off the left side of runway 22. The pilot in command reported that he had an uneventful bounce during landing and that after an uneventful landing the airplane started to veer left, he added full right rudder then added full power to the left engine in an attempt to regain control. Despite his actions the airplane came to rest in a ditch. The pilot-in-command and pilot rated passenger report that weather was not a factor and that the aircraft departed the runway abruptly and for unknown reasons.
Notably, the airplane?s brakes can only be applied from the left seat position where the pilot certificated passenger was seated. The certificated pilot who reports being a passenger stated that the pilot in command was ?coaching? Her on her flying skills while she had some inputs on the flight controls until landing; at which time she released the controls.
Runway markings and postaccident examination of the evidence indicates that the empennage separated from the aircraft due to impact with the runway during the hard landing.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT AND COMMERCIALLY RATED PASSENGER MADE A HARD LANDING AT HOMER ALASKA, AND VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 22. THE PILOT IN COMMAND REPORTED THAT HE HAD AN UNEVENTFUL BOUNCE DURING LANDING AND THAT AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO VEER LEFT, HE ADDED FULL RIGHT RUDDER THEN ADDED FULL POWER TO THE LEFT ENGINE IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN CONTROL. DESPITE HIS ACTIONS THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN A DITCH. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND PILOT RATED PASSENGER REPORT THAT WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ABRUPTLY AND FOR UNKNOWN REASONS.
NOTABLY, THE AIRPLANE?S BRAKES CAN ONLY BE APPLIED FROM THE LEFT SEAT POSITION WHERE THE PILOT CERTIFICATED PASSENGER WAS SEATED. THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WHO REPORTS BEING A PASSENGER STATED THAT THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS ?COACHING? HER ON HER FLYING SKILLS WHILE SHE HAD SOME INPUTS ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS UNTIL LANDING; AT WHICH TIME SHE RELEASED THE CONTROLS.
RUNWAY MARKINGS AND POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE EMPENNAGE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY DURING THE HARD LANDING.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.