- Date
- March 2, 2013, 12:09 local (17:09 UTC)
- Place
- Baraga, MI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2238APiper PA22
- Defining event
- Taxi: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Grand Rapids FSDO
- FAA report
- 20130302002739A
- Case key
- 86346
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during taxi.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he had landed his airplane on the plowed surface of an icy runway and was taxiing when he lost directional control. The airplane impacted a snow bank on the edge of the runway. The airplane’s nose gear collapsed, and the engine mount and forward fuselage were substantially damaged. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he had landed his wheel equipped airplane on the plowed surface of an ice runway and was taxiing when directional control was lost. The airplane impacted a snow bank on the edge of the runway. The airplane’s nose gear collapsed and the engine mount and forward fuselage were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2238A
- Reported as
- Piper PA22 (135)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-637
- Airframe hours
- 2,571
- Engine
- Lycoming O290, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Blue Harbor Energy LLC
- Registered owner
- Blue Harbor Energy LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 13, 2012
- Departed
- CMX · Hancock, MI
- Destination
- NONE · Baraga, MI
- Airport
- NONE · Temporary Airstrip, runway 03, 2,000 × 50 ft, snow
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 28, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 741 total · 177 in this make and model · 694 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Other flight crew
- Age
- 24
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.25 inHg
- Observed at
- KCMX, 23 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 29, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 989 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.