- Date
- March 7, 2022, 18:30 local (Mar 8, 2022, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bonners Ferry, ID · On airport property
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6755BPiper PA-22-150
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220308003709A
- Case key
- 104739
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare, and bounced landing, which resulted in a ground loop and runway excursion.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that, during the landing the airplane bounced, he added power and landed a second time about halfway down the runway. Subsequently, he lost directional control which resulted in a ground loop and runway excursion. The left wing, left horizontal stabilizer and left elevator were substantially damaged. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6755B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4089
- Built
- 1956
- Airframe hours
- 2,116
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Crow Air LLC
- Registered owner
- Crow Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- None
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 2021 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- SMN · Salmon, ID
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 65S · Boundary County Airport, runway 02, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- 35
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 8, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- None
- Flight hours
- 138 total · 28.6 in this make and model · 82 as pilot in command · 28.6 in the last 90 days · 19.8 in the last 30 days · 6.1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 20, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.