What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On Thursday morning September 29th, 2022 the pilot took off from bountiful airpark heading to Idaho for a back-country trip. The pilot stated that he wanted to get a few landings in before we started getting into confined spaces. The pilot chose the lakebed of the great salt lake to practice his landings. The pilot performed one landing, which was not to his satisfaction, so he took off again and flew another circuit. While on downwind, the pilot states he double checked the wind computer on his dynon to confirm that he was in fact landing into the wind and then continued in for another landing attempt. The pattern and approach were normal but following the touchdown the pilot stated he started to feel the right rear of the tail lift and get pushed to the left. He continued to decelerate and try to get the tailwheel back on the ground to stop the pending ground loop. The pilot stated the aircraft skidded to the left for about 50 feet ending in a wing tip strike. Upon the left wingtip impacting the sand, the airplane slowly nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot stated he turned off the mags and the master and got out of the airplane. The pilot was uninjured during the incident.
As the FAA filed it
ON THURSDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022 THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM BOUNTIFUL AIRPARK HEADING TO IDAHO FOR A BACK-COUNTRY TRIP. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WANTED TO GET A FEW LANDINGS IN BEFORE WE STARTED GETTING INTO CONFINED SPACES. THE PILOT CHOSE THE LAKEBED OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE TO PRACTICE HIS LANDINGS. THE PILOT PERFORMED ONE LANDING, WHICH WAS NOT TO HIS SATISFACTION, SO HE TOOK OFF AGAIN AND FLEW ANOTHER CIRCUIT. WHILE ON DOWNWIND, THE PILOT STATES HE DOUBLE CHECKED THE WIND COMPUTER ON HIS DYNON TO CONFIRM THAT HE WAS IN FACT LANDING INTO THE WIND AND THEN CONTINUED IN FOR ANOTHER LANDING ATTEMPT. THE PATTERN AND APPROACH WERE NORMAL BUT FOLLOWING THE TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT STATED HE STARTED TO FEEL THE RIGHT REAR OF THE TAIL LIFT AND GET PUSHED TO THE LEFT. HE CONTINUED TO DECELERATE AND TRY TO GET THE TAILWHEEL BACK ON THE GROUND TO STOP THE PENDING GROUND LOOP. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE LEFT FOR ABOUT 50 FEET ENDING IN A WING TIP STRIKE. UPON THE LEFT WINGTIP IMPACTING THE SAND, THE AIRPLANE SLOWLY NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PILOT STATED HE TURNED OFF THE MAGS AND THE MASTER AND GOT OUT OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED DURING THE INCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
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