- Date
- May 10, 2005, 17:00 local (May 11, 2005, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Snohomish, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7755HPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050510007719A
- Case key
- 61458
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll on a sandbar which resulted in the aircraft nosing over.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he was intentionally landing on a sandbar, as he has done before. During the landing roll and braking action, the tail came up and the aircraft nosed over, coming to rest inverted which resulted in substantial damage. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
On May 10, 2005, about 1700 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-12, N7755H, registered to and flown by the pilot as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, nosed over during the landing roll on a sandbar near Snohomish, Washington. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight departed from Everett, Washington, about 45 minutes prior to the accident.
During a telephone interview, and subsequent written statement, the pilot reported that he was intentionally landing on this sandbar, as he has done before. During the landing roll and braking action, the tail came up and the aircraft nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7755H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-653
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marc A. Olson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Destination
- Snohomish, WA
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 378 total · 225 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N7755H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.