# NTSB WPR22LA118: Piper PA-22-150, N6755B, Bonners Ferry, ID, March 8, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: March 7, 2022, 18:30 local (Mar 8, 2022, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Bonners Ferry, ID · On airport property.
- Coordinates: 48.726447, -116.2946 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7264&lon=-116.2946&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104739
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA118
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104739/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104739
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA118

## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper landing flare, and bounced landing, which resulted in a ground loop and runway excursion.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-22-150, 52 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=7102210), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-22-150, 38 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=7102210), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-22-150, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=7102210), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-22-150, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=7102210), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6755B), registered now, S/N 22-4089, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150 (NO SERIES)
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-4089
- Year built: 1956
- Airframe hours: 2116
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; injuries: none; 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

## 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 20220308003709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220308003709A), Mar 8, 2022: Piper PA-22-150, Bonners Ferry, ID, Substantial damage. The pilot departed from salmon, ID (ksmn) at 1600 local. After a prolonged flight due to strong headwinds, the pilot arrived in bonner's Ferry, ID (K65S), and…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 20, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104739. 2.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13431351&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo array-courtesy of the pilot (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 335 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13694867&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Courtesy%20of%20the%20pilot-Rel.pdf

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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