- Date
- August 1, 2004, 07:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Wht Sulphur Spg, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3838PPiper PA22-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Helena, MT
- FAA report
- 20040801017399A
- Case key
- 59811
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Probable cause
The failure of the private pilot receiving flight training for a tail wheel endorsement to maintain aircraft control, and his excessive braking during the landing roll, subsequently nosing over the airplane. A contributing factor was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the trainee.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said that he was getting his tail wheel endorsement and 15 hours flight time (with an instructor) for aircraft insurance purposes. He said that he had landed the airplane, and during the rollout, the airplane swerved. He said that he applied the brakes too hard, and the airplane nosed over on the runway. The left wing strut was bent, and the vertical stabilizer was bent and wrinkled.
Factual narrative
On August 1, 2004, at approximately 0750 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA22-20, N3838P, was substantially damaged when it nosed over following excessive braking during the landing roll at White Sulphur Springs Airport, White Sulphur Springs, Montana. The private pilot receiving instruction and the flight instructor were not injured. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country instructional flight that originated from Bozeman, Montana, approximately 45 minutes before the accident. The pilot had not filed a flight plan.
The pilot said that he was getting his tail wheel endorsement and 15 hours flight time (with an instructor) for aircraft insurance purposes. He said that he had landed the airplane on runway 19, and during the rollout the airplane swerved. He said that he applied the brakes too hard, and the airplane nosed over on the runway. The left wing strut was bent, and the vertical stabilizer was bent and wrinkled.
The pilot said that he passed his private pilot check ride on June 24, 2004; his private pilot license with assigned number was pending.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3838P
- Reported as
- Piper PA22-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3528
- Airframe hours
- 3,878
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jeremy R. Maus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 9, 2004 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- BZN · Bozeman, MT
- Destination
- BZN
- Airport
- 7S6 · White Sulphur Springs Airport, runway 19, 6,100 × 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 24, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 8 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 5, 2004
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 7,300 total · 25 in this make and model · 7,150 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- BZN, 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.