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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Ariel, WA · May 7, 2023

Date
May 7, 2023 · 19:30 local
Place
Ariel, WA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6058D
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR23LA180
Reported as
Piper PA-22-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
793 total86 in this make and model21 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.

Departed from woodland airport (W27) around 1900 hrs to move plane to friends field adjacent to house. Prior to landing airman was able to walk and inspect the landing area. He flew a pass over the landing area at around 1930 hrs and entered a right pattern to set up for landing. According to the airman upon landing he hit an unexpected bump with the tail which caused it to loft in the air. This, along with braking, the tallish grass and an extremely light aircraft caused the plane to nose over and land on its back. No damage was done to the field.

As the FAA filed it

DEPARTED FROM WOODLAND AIRPORT (W27) AROUND 1900 HRS TO MOVE PLANE TO FRIENDS FIELD ADJACENT TO HOUSE. PRIOR TO LANDING AIRMAN WAS ABLE TO WALK AND INSPECT THE LANDING AREA. HE FLEW A PASS OVER THE LANDING AREA AT AROUND 1930 HRS AND ENTERED A RIGHT PATTERN TO SET UP FOR LANDING. ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN UPON LANDING HE HIT AN UNEXPECTED BUMP WITH THE TAIL WHICH CAUSED IT TO LOFT IN THE AIR. THIS, ALONG WITH BRAKING, THE TALLISH GRASS AND AN EXTREMELY LIGHT AIRCRAFT CAUSED THE PLANE TO NOSE OVER AND LAND ON ITS BACK. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE FIELD.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N6058D · 2

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