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Date: | Sunday 20 November 2011 |
Time: | 12:30 |
Type: | American Champion 8GCBC |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N131PM |
MSN: | 462-2004 |
Total airframe hrs: | 656 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 SERIES |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | East side of the Ashton Reservoir, Fremont County, Ashton, ID -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Ririe, ID |
Destination airport: | Ashton, ID |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The student pilot reported that he approached the privately-owned, rough grass airstrip and observed that it was covered with snow. After evaluating the snow’s depth as being only a few inches, the pilot landed. During the landing roll, the airplane decelerated quickly and nosed over, bending the vertical stabilizer, wings, and lift struts. After exiting the airplane, the pilot realized that the snow was between 6- and 8-inches deep. The student pilot’s certified flight instructor reported that he had not endorsed the student’s flight record logbook in over 90 days, and he had not authorized the student to fly to the accident airport. The student was not current in the airplane.
Probable Cause: The student pilot’s poor decision-making when he decided to land on a snowy grass airstrip, which resulted in an encounter with deep snow during the landing roll and a subsequent nose-over.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | WPR12CA041 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.kpvi.com/content/news/local/story/Snowy-Runway-Causes-Plane-to-Flip-in-Fremont/7Bj4L5wevkW4hr_GCZPc7g.cspx]
http://web.archive.org/web/20120502194920/http://www.localnews8.com:80/news/29818693/detail.html http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=131PM https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/09_131PM.txt [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.kpvi.com/content/news/local/story/Snowy-Runway-Causes-Plane-to-Flip-in-Fremont/7Bj4L5wevkW4hr_GCZPc7g.cspx]
http://web.archive.org/web/20120502194920/http://www.localnews8.com:80/news/29818693/detail.html http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=131PM https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/09_131PM.txt Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Nov-2011 02:43 |
RobertMB |
Added |
21-Nov-2011 11:21 |
Geno |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:26 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
27-Nov-2017 17:26 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |