20220218002109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Christopher P Gage SHORTFIELD EXPLORER · Hayden, ID · February 18, 2022

Date
February 18, 2022 · 16:29 local
Place
Hayden, ID
Airport
Coeur D'Alene - Pappy Boyingto
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N141E
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR22LA104
Reported as
Christopher P Gage Shortfield Explorer
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-B2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
234 total21 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During landing practice at kcoe, the pilot was performing a wheel landing (conventional gear-type aircraft), ballooned, and attempted to force the aircraft to the ground with a pitch down control input. The propeller struck the ground and the aircraft's momentum flipped the airplane over coming to rest upside down and pointing the opposite direction of the approach path.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING PRACTICE AT KCOE, THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING A WHEEL LANDING (CONVENTIONAL GEAR-TYPE AIRCRAFT), BALLOONED, AND ATTEMPTED TO FORCE THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GROUND WITH A PITCH DOWN CONTROL INPUT. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT'S MOMENTUM FLIPPED THE AIRPLANE OVER COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN AND POINTING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE APPROACH PATH.

NTSB investigation

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