20211216021109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22 · Ivanhoe, CA · December 16, 2021

Date
December 16, 2021 · 15:30 local
Place
Ivanhoe, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3744P
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR22LA065
Reported as
Piper PA-22
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total

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.

Pilot left vis for a flight to private airstrip appoximatily 11 miles ene of airport. Weather conditions were sunny with light winds at 54 degrees f. private airstrip was grass field that was wet and muddy from heavy rains the day before. As aircraft was rolling out on landing pilot noticed nose started to roll down. Pilot attempted to correct to no prevail and aircraft nosed over resulting aircraft becoming inverted damaging the aircraft. 8020-23 report was reviewed by an operational inspector.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LEFT VIS FOR A FLIGHT TO PRIVATE AIRSTRIP APPOXIMATILY 11 MILES ENE OF AIRPORT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE SUNNY WITH LIGHT WINDS AT 54 DEGREES F. PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WAS GRASS FIELD THAT WAS WET AND MUDDY FROM HEAVY RAINS THE DAY BEFORE. AS AIRCRAFT WAS ROLLING OUT ON LANDING PILOT NOTICED NOSE STARTED TO ROLL DOWN. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT TO NO PREVAIL AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER RESULTING AIRCRAFT BECOMING INVERTED DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT. 8020-23 REPORT WAS REVIEWED BY AN OPERATIONAL INSPECTOR.

NTSB investigation

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