- Date
- September 30, 1989, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- North Omaha, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5303ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890930040659A
- Case key
- 34865
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain on which to make a simulated forced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The newly certificated pvt pilot said that he had practiced a simulated forced ldg on a friend's farm field. After ldg, several attempts to takeoff were aborted as it appeared he would be unable to clear obstacles at the end of the field. A different path was chosen on the last attempt, and during the takoeff roll, the left main gear hit an object pitching the acft to the left, collapsing the nose gear, and the acft nosed over. The plt said that the terrain was soft, but dry and rough.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5303Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-9006
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hamer, Paul F.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- AHQ · Wahoo, NE
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 135 total · 70 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- OMA, 10 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.
Other investigations on N5303Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.