# NTSB SEA01LA027: Piper PA-16, N5639H, Gleneden Beach, OR, December 6, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: December 6, 2000, 11:10 local (19:10 UTC) - Place: Gleneden Beach, OR - Coordinates: 44.880031, -124.03096 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8800&lon=-124.0310&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 18, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 50740 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA01LA027 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50740/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA027 ## Probable cause The pilot's excessive application of main wheel brakes. Factors include the pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his inadequate remedial action during his attempt to regain control. ## Analysis During the landing roll, the student pilot was unable to keep the tailwheel aircraft from drifting toward the edge of the runway. As the aircraft got closer to departing the runway, the pilot increased braking to a point that caused the aircraft to tip up on its nose and fall over onto its back. ## Factual narrative On December 6, 2000, approximately 1110 Pacific standard time, a tailwheel-equipped, Piper PA-16, N5639H, nosed over during the landing roll at Siletz Bay State Airport, Gleneden Beach, Oregon. The student pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured, but the aircraft, which was owned and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. The 14 CFR Part 91 solo training flight, which departed Independence Airport, Independence, Oregon, about 25 minutes earlier, was being operated in visual meteorological conditions. The aircraft was on a VFR flight plan. There was no report of an ELT activation. According to the student pilot, his approach was "right on target," and his touchdown was "smooth." But, during the rollout, the aircraft started to drift toward the right side of the runway. The pilot applied left rudder, which eventually was pushed to its travel limit, but according to the pilot, the aircraft continued to drift to the right. He therefore started applying brakes, hoping to stop the aircraft before it departed the runway. As he approached the edge of the runway surface, the pilot increased his braking pressure. He said he was "too hard on the brakes and the nose of the airplane went down." The aircraft then stood on its nose and fell slowly over on its back. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose over, landing - roll - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5639H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5639H), registered now, S/N 16-250, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-16 - Registry model: [Piper PA-16](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (registry code 7101602) (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: 16-250 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-A1A 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Harriet Murphy - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 27, 2000, 110 hours before - Departed: 7S5, INDEPENDENCE, OR - Destination: S45 - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: S45, Siletz Bay State Airport, runway 35, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 47; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 111 total, 111 in this make and model, 95 as pilot in command, 64 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none ## 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 20001206022959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001206022959A), Dec 6, 2000: Piper PA16, Glenedon, OR, No damage. (-23) On 12-06-00, pilot michael d. murphy landed N5639H, a PA-16 aircraft at gleneden beach airport (S45), and applied brake too hard and flipped over onto… ## Other investigations on N5639H (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 DEN77FTC23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FTC23), Aug 4, 1977: Piper PA16 (N5639H), Douglas, WY, 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.