20221208019239A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Wasilla, AK · December 8, 2022

Date
December 8, 2022 · 14:00 local
Place
Wasilla, AK
Airport
Goose Bay
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3861P
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC23LA017
Reported as
Piper PA-22-150
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total4 in this make and model124 in the last 90 days

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.

During an instructional flight, the CFIprivacy data omitted decided to do practice landings at Goose Bay Airport (Z40). Both the CFI and student privacy data omittedidentified and recognized there was fresh snow on the runway, flew over the runway and did a visual inspection. They decided it was safe to attempt practice landings. The CFI made the landing attempt and slightly bounced upon initial touchdown. Once the aircraft touched down again, the tires dug into the snow and the aircraft nosed over, substantially damaging the rudder, wing struts, propeller, and nose spinner. No injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE CFI^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECIDED TO DO PRACTICE LANDINGS AT GOOSE BAY AIRPORT (Z40). BOTH THE CFI AND STUDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^IDENTIFIED AND RECOGNIZED THERE WAS FRESH SNOW ON THE RUNWAY, FLEW OVER THE RUNWAY AND DID A VISUAL INSPECTION. THEY DECIDED IT WAS SAFE TO ATTEMPT PRACTICE LANDINGS. THE CFI MADE THE LANDING ATTEMPT AND SLIGHTLY BOUNCED UPON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN, THE TIRES DUG INTO THE SNOW AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE RUDDER, WING STRUTS, PROPELLER, AND NOSE SPINNER. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

NTSB investigation

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