- Date
- January 13, 1999, 14:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9190DPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19990113000439A
- Case key
- 45706
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
A frozen brake.
Analysis
The student pilot reported that he intended to do a few touch-and-go landings. He stated that during the initial takeoff roll, the airplane pulled to the left, and continued off the left side of the runway. He said that the main landing gear contacted soft snow, and the airplane nosed over. An FAA airworthiness inspector inspected the airplane at the accident site. He said that an inspection revealed that the brake assembly had an accumulation of ice that restricted the left wheel from rotating. He added that as soon as the ice melted, the wheel rotated freely.
Factual narrative
On January 13, 1999, about 1435 Alaska standard time, a wheel equipped Piper PA-22-160 airplane, N9190D, sustained substantial damage when it went off the left side of runway 31 during takeoff from the Lake Hood Airstrip, Anchorage, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a local, visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The solo student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge on January 14, the pilot reported that he intended to do a few touch-and-go landings. The pilot noted that during the initial takeoff roll, the airplane pulled to the left, and continued off the left side of the runway. He stated that the main landing gear contacted soft snow, and the airplane nosed over.
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness inspector, Anchorage Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), inspected the airplane at the accident site. He reported that the airplane's left brake assembly appears to have been either locked or frozen. The FAA inspector reported that a later inspection revealed that the brake assembly had an accumulation of ice that restricted the left wheel from rotating. He added that as soon as the ice melted, the wheel rotated freely.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, and right wing lift struts.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9190D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6248
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jess Snider
- Registered owner
- Robert K. Snider
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1998
- Airport
- Z41 · Lake Hood Strip, runway 31, 2,200 × 70 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 0 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 28.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.