# NTSB NYC86LA207: Piper PA-22-108, N5888Z, Tunkhannock, PA, August 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1986, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Tunkhannock, PA
- Coordinates: 41.530723, -75.939048 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5307&lon=-75.9390&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30403
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA207
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30403/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA207

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

STUDENT PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT SKY HAVEN AIRPORT AND LANDED SHORT, BOUNCED AND LANDED IN A LEFT TURN. AT THIS POINT, THE PLT COULD NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY, HIT A BARREL WITH THE RIGHT GEAR AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5888Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5888Z), registered now, S/N 22-9752, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-108
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-108](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (registry code 7102204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-9752
- Airframe hours: 4234
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1B 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Skyhaven Airport, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 11, 1986, 70 hours before
- Departed: TUNKHANNOCK, PA
- Airport: 76N, Skyhaven, runway 18, 2,000 × 300 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 11 total, 9 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 5 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860814039579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860814039579A), Aug 14, 1986: Piper PA22108, Tunkhannock, PA, Substantial damage. Landed short bounced onto runway crabbed angle. Exited runway. Hit barrel. Nosed over.

## Other investigations on N5888Z (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC68D0057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68D0057), May 7, 1967: Piper PA-22 (N5888Z), Amherst, NY, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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