Piper PA-22-108 N4680Z

Summary

On 21 December 2005 at about 16:00 local time, a Piper PA-22-108 registered N4680Z was involved in an accident near Spirit Lake, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 December 2005 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Spirit Lake, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

43.3875, -95.1392

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-108

Registration

N4680Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jackson → Spirit Lake

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI06CA049

Nobody was injured.

The pilot using an unsuitable runway and not maintaining directional control during the landing leading to the nose over on impact with snow. A factor was the snow that remained on the runway after plowing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane encountered snow on the runway during landing on a private airstrip and subsequently nosed over. The day prior to the accident the pilot reported that he removed snow from the runway. The pilot stated, "After setting down the left wheel got into the snow on runway edge. Braking and correcting the aircraft caught in the right edge of snow on runway. This pulled the nose wheel into the snow also. At this time the aircraft was slowing down fast. All of a sudden the left wing and nose came over and that was 'all over'."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.