- Date
- May 10, 1997, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- The Dalles, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1707PPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19970510009799A
- Case key
- 42603
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command misjudged his altitude and distance from the runway while landing.
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 pilot stated that he approached low and slow and the aircraft nosed over after landing short of the runway threshold.
Factual narrative
On May 10, 1997, approximately 1400 Pacific daylight time, N1707P, a Piper PA-22-150, sustained substantial damage when the aircraft landed short of runway 07 at The Dalles, Oregon, airport. The private pilot and his passenger were uninjured. No flight plan was filed for the local flight, which was conducted in visual meteorological conditions. There was no fire, and no report of the ELT actuating.
The pilot stated that the airplane was full of fuel when they departed about 30 minutes earlier, after washing the airplane. He stated that he approached low and slow and the aircraft nosed over after landing short of the runway threshold.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1707P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-2494
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daryl G. Ingebo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1997 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- KDLS
- Airport
- DLS · The Dalles, runway 7, 5,000 × 150 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 161 total · 58 in this make and model · 116 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KDL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.