LAX83LA297

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-22 · Jackson, CA · June 22, 1983

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
June 22, 1983, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
Place
Jackson, CA
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N1526PPiper PA-22
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19830622026489A
Case key
23760

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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.

Loss of control - on ground/waterLanding - flare/touchdown
Recovery from bounced landing - improperPilot in commandCause
Directional control - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentPilot in commandFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/waterLanding - roll
Terrain condition - ditchFactor

Analysis

The acft went off the rwy and collided with a ditch during landing. The tailwheel acft touched down on rwy 19 about 200 ft past the threshold and bounced. The pilot applied power to recover and lost control of the acft. The acft veered off the rwy to the west, groundlooped and fell into a culvert.

Aircraft

Registration
N1526P
Reported as
Piper PA-22
Category
Airplane
Serial number
22-2391
Airframe hours
2,057
Engine
Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
William E. & E. M. Lawrence
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · January 11, 1983 · 30 hours before
Airport
070 · Westover Field, runway 19, 3,400 × 60 ft, asphalt

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
52
Certificate
Commercial
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
480 total · 305 in this make and model · 480 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
200° at 9 knots
Visibility
25 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
73 °F, dew point 52 °F
Altimeter
29.00 inHg
Observed at
SAC, 34 nm away

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.