20220701011559A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-135 · Walker, MN · July 1, 2022

Date
July 1, 2022 · 10:30 local
Place
Walker, MN
Airport
Walker Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1136
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN22LA295
Reported as
Piper PA-18-135
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-290 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
9,675 total100 in this make and model190 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.

2022-07-01 N1136 Walker MN (Y49) loss of directional control landing on runway 33 collapsing the landing gear.

While conducting a flight review CFI and private pilot were approaching runway 33 for a full stop landing. Aircraft touched down and had a slight bounce. The upwind wing (left) raised and the right wing dragged on the runway as the aircraft veered to the right. Power was applied for a go around but the aircraft was unable to sustain flight. The aircraft entered the grass on the right side of the runway, down into a drainage ditch and the left main wheel was broken off. No injuries and damage was determined to be substantial. Damage included prop strike, left wing bent upward, left aileron bent, right wing tip damage, fuselage just forward of tail section bent upward.

As the FAA filed it

2022-07-01 N1136 WALKER MN (Y49) LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR.

WHILE CONDUCTING A FLIGHT REVIEW CFI AND PRIVATE PILOT WERE APPROACHING RUNWAY 33 FOR A FULL STOP LANDING. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND HAD A SLIGHT BOUNCE. THE UPWIND WING (LEFT) RAISED AND THE RIGHT WING DRAGGED ON THE RUNWAY AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. POWER WAS APPLIED FOR A GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE GRASS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, DOWN INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH AND THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL WAS BROKEN OFF. NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL. DAMAGE INCLUDED PROP STRIKE, LEFT WING BENT UPWARD, LEFT AILERON BENT, RIGHT WING TIP DAMAGE, FUSELAGE JUST FORWARD OF TAIL SECTION BENT UPWARD.

NTSB investigation

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