- Date
- May 7, 2023, 19:30 local (May 8, 2023, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ariel, WA · private property/field
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6058DPiper PA-22-150
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20230507007799A
- Case key
- 114707
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 failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over.
Findings · 4
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 he was attempting to land in a field, adjacent to a friend’s house. During the landing roll, the airplane hit an unexpected bump and the tail lifted into the air. The pilot applied brakes in tall grass, and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The right-wing strut, vertical stabilizer, and rudder were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6058D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4711
- Built
- 1956
- Airframe hours
- 2,416
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320 SERIES, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 2022 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- W27 · Woodland, WA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Equipment
- None
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
- 36
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 13, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 793.1 total · 86 in this make and model · 727.5 as pilot in command · 21.8 in the last 90 days · 12.2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 62 °F, dew point 38 °F
- Altimeter
- 2996.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KSPB, 24 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 8, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.8 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.
Other investigations on N6058D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.