# NTSB SEA06CA113: Piper PA-20, N7494K, Salt Lake City, UT, June 6, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 6, 2006, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Coordinates: 40.141666, -111.981941
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1417&lon=-111.9819&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63866
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63866/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA113

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7494K), registered now, S/N 20-409, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-20
- Registry model: [Piper PA-20](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (registry code 7102002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20-409
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060606008119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060606008119A), Jun 6, 2006: Piper PA20, Salt Lake City, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) Airman lost control of this conventional gear aircraft after a hard bounce into the unpaved area east of the runway and aircraft was substantially…

## Other investigations on N7494K (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 FTW77DRJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DRJ03), Feb 13, 1977: Piper PA-20 (N7494K), Shreveport, LA, 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.

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