ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285231
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| Date: | Friday 23 February 2007 |
| Time: | 12:05 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-12 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N2343M |
| MSN: | 12-1603 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lewiston, Idaho -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport, ID (LWS/KLWS) |
| Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport, ID (LWS/KLWS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, at the aircraft owner's request, he was flying with the passenger to help him become current since the passenger had not flown any type of aircraft in the last 8 years. The pilot was making a no-flap 3-point full stall landing with the passenger following on the controls with him. During the landing roll, as the airplane slowed down, the pilot let some pressure off the rudder pedals to slide his toes up onto the brakes. As soon as the pressure was released from the rudder pedals, the airplane started to swerve "one way then the other." The pilot attempted to correct, but the airplane "spun a 180-degree turn to the left." The left wing tip and the right elevator struck the ground. The pilot reported that the passenger was wearing heavy boots and may have inadvertently "kicked hard right or left rudder and then became briefly entangled in the rudder pedals."
Probable Cause: the inadvertent use of the rudder by the passenger, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA07CA065
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 June 2007 | N2343M | Private | 0 | Imnaha, Oregon | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Oct-2022 19:32 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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