- Date
- June 6, 2006, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7494KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060606008119A
- Case key
- 63866
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Probable cause
An improper flare and the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing which resulted in the aircraft nosing over. Delayed remedial action was a factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot was practicing three-point landings when the airplane began to bounce and drift to the left. The pilot said that he initially thought about going around, but hesitated as the airplane continued to bounce and drift left. The pilot stated that he then decided to go around, adding full power and raising the flaps. He related that after he added full power the airplane continued to bounce and porpoise while drifting further to the left, which prompted him to abort the go-around. He said he then made a right rudder and right brake input, "...then I panicked and hit both brakes. The airplane nosed over and came to rest upside down [off the side of the runway]. I should have gone around sooner rather than thinking about it."
Factual narrative
The student pilot was practicing three-point landings when the tailwheel equipped airplane began to bounce and drift to the left. The pilot said that he initially thought about going around, but hesitated as the airplane continued to bounce and drift left. The pilot stated that he then decided to go around, adding full power and raising the flaps. He related that after he added full power the airplane continued to bounce and porpoise while drifting further to the left, which prompted him to abort the go-around. He said he then made a right rudder and right brake input, "...then I panicked and hit both brakes. The airplane nosed over and came to rest upside down [off the side of the runway]. I should have gone around sooner rather than thinking about it."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7494K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-409
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Craig T. Weaver
- Registered owner
- Craig Weaver
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- U42 · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- U42 · Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport
- U42 · Salt Lake City Municipal 2, runway 34
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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 34 in this make and model
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 N7494K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.