- Date
- September 12, 1999, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Manassas, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5125ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990912028469A
- Case key
- 47362
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to recover from a sideslip maneuver, and flare the airplane before touchdown.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated that he was conducting touch and go landings on Runway 4. After the fourth touch and go, the pilot returned to land on Runway 22. Realizing that he was too high on final approach, the pilot slipped the airplane to increase his descent. A recovery from the maneuver was not preformed, and the airplane touched down hard on the runway. The nose wheel then collapsed, and the airplane nosed over.
Factual narrative
On September 12, 1999, about 1915 Eastern Daylight Time, a Piper PA-22-108, N5125Z, was substantially damaged while landing at the Whitman Airport, Manassas, Virginia. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part91.
The student pilot stated that he was conducting touch and go landings on Runway 4, a 2,450-foot long grass runway. After the fourth touch and go, the pilot returned to land on Runway 22. Realizing that he was too high on final approach, the pilot slipped the airplane to increase his decent. A recovery from the maneuver was not preformed, and the airplane touched down hard on the runway. The nose wheel then collapsed, nosing the airplane over inverted.
The winds reported by a nearby airport, at 1855, were 150 degrees at 6 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5125Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-8766
- Airframe hours
- 3,680
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald T. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1999 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- 0V5
- Airport
- 0V5 · Whitman, runway 22, 2,550 × 45 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HEF, 7 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 N5125Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.