ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 286707
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| Date: | Sunday 9 August 2009 |
| Time: | 08:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7670H |
| MSN: | 12-549 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1643 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sisters, Oregon -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bend Municipal Airport, OR (KBDN) |
| Sisters, OR (6K5) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he fueled the airplane to maximum gross weight to feel the aircraft's flight characteristics while practicing maneuvers. After practicing some stalls and slow flight, he approached the airport to land. He said he flew a slightly higher approach speed in consideration of the increased weight. The pilot stated that the windsock was hanging down with no indication of a crosswind during his approach. He made a normal landing that was true and straight, but had a slightly longer than normal roll out. As excess speed bled off, the left wing started to rise. The pilot applied left aileron and left rudder to correct the problem. He looked up and realized he was veering off the runway to the right. He applied braking but departed the asphalt onto very soft sand/dirt at approximately 25 knots. The aircraft nosed over. The airplane's vertical stabilizer and rudder were bent and wrinkled; the left wing struts were bent and the right upper wing root was buckled. The nearest weather reporting facility, located 17 nautical miles to the east of the accident site, was recording calm winds at the time of the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR09CA394
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 January 2024 | N7670H | Private | 0 | Lampasas Airport (KLZZ), Lampasas, TX | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Oct-2022 14:47 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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