# Accident 20200911017939A: Piper PA-30, Homer, AK, September 11, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2020, 20:43 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Airport: Homer
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.6458° N, 151.4755° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6458&lon=-151.4755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7669Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7669Y-2023-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,426 total, 46 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA314) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200911017939A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR20LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA314), Sep 12, 2020: Piper PA30 (N7669Y), Homer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper flare which resulted in a hard bounced landing and runway excursion.

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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