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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-20-135 · Nenana, AK · June 6, 2024

Date
June 6, 2024 · 13:30 local
Place
Nenana, AK
Airport
Nenana Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2358A
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC24LA047
Reported as
Piper PA-20-135
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
10,600 total17 in this make and model23 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.

The second pilot was recieving tailwheel endorsement instruction. The second pilot had completed one touch and go at pann. On the second touch and go, upon roll out the aircraft veered to the right. The instructor ran out of rudder. The aircraft has no brake pedals on the instructor side. The instructor asked the second pilot to apply the brakes, but the aircraft was already in a ground loop, the left gear buckled under causing subtantial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE SECOND PILOT WAS RECIEVING TAILWHEEL ENDORSEMENT INSTRUCTION. THE SECOND PILOT HAD COMPLETED ONE TOUCH AND GO AT PANN. ON THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO, UPON ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR RAN OUT OF RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT HAS NO BRAKE PEDALS ON THE INSTRUCTOR SIDE. THE INSTRUCTOR ASKED THE SECOND PILOT TO APPLY THE BRAKES, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY IN A GROUND LOOP, THE LEFT GEAR BUCKLED UNDER CAUSING SUBTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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