Piper PA-22-150 N1999P

Summary

On 15 May 2009 at about 02:25 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N1999P, operated by Holt Gregory J, was involved in an accident near Talkeetna, Alaska, United States. 4 people were 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

15 May 2009 at 02:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Talkeetna, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Talkeetna Airport (TKA)

Coordinates

62.3189, -150.0894

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N1999P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Holt Gregory J

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Talkeetna

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC09CA043

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, resulting in a ground loop and substantial damage to the airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot reported he was landing his tailwheel airplane on a hard-surfaced dry runway, which required a correction for a 5-knot right crosswind. During the landing roll, the airplane’s tailwheel began to shimmy, and the pilot applied a slight amount of forward elevator to stop the shimmy. He said that the airplane then swerved to the left, and went off the left side of the runway. The airplane subsequently ground-looped to the left, and the right main landing gear collapsed, striking the right wing on the gravel-covered shoulder of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing spar. The pilot indicated that there were no pre-accident mechanical problems with the airplane, other than the tailwheel shimmy. On May 29, under the supervision of the NTSB investigator-in-charge, the tailwheel was disassembled and inspected, and no pre-accident mechanical anomalies were discovered.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.