- Date
- June 16, 2001, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9704DPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA-AL-ANC FSDO 03
- FAA report
- 20010616039629A
- Case key
- 53200
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate bounced landing recovery, and his failure to correct for torque/P-factor during an aborted landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private certificated pilot was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane on runway 13. He said that he bounced the landing, added a small amount of power, but bounced again. He then added full engine power to abort the landing. The airplane veered to the left, went off the side of the runway, and nosed over. The airplane received damage to the vertical stabilizer and the left wing.
Factual narrative
On June 16, 2001, about 1515 Alaska daylight time, a Piper PA-22 airplane, N9704D, sustained substantial damage during a landing at the Lake Hood Strip, Anchorage, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area personal flight, when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by the pilot. The private certificated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on June 16th, the pilot reported that he was landing on runway 13. He said that he bounced the landing, added a small amount of power, but bounced again. He then added full engine power to abort the landing. The airplane veered to the left, went off the side of the runway, and nosed over. The airplane received damage to the vertical stabilizer and the left wing.
At 1453, an Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR) at Anchorage was reporting in part: Wind, 235 degrees at 6 knots; visibility, 10 statute miles; clouds and sky condition, clear; temperature, 74 degrees F; dew point, 46 degrees F; altimeter, 30.07 inHg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9704D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-615
- Airframe hours
- 3,040
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Warren P. Peterson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 2000 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- Z41 · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Z41 · Lake Hood Strip, runway 13, 2,200 × 70 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- July 25, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 142 total · 16 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 235° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- PALH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9704D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.