Piper PA-11 N947MG

Summary

On 15 February 1998 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-11 registered N947MG, operated by TY L. Schwend, was involved in an accident near Bridger, Montana, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 February 1998 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Bridger, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Bridger Municipal (6S1)

Coordinates

45.1901, -108.7593

Aircraft

Piper PA-11

Registration

N947MG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

TY L. Schwend

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA98LA037

1 person had minor injuries.

The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a bounced landing recovery.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot stated that he bounced during landing, so he decided to go around and try again. He said he pushed the carburetor heat in and gave the engine full throttle, but the airplane 'didn't want to fly. The left wing started to stall and put me into a left turn. I corrected and the right wing stalled, and I veered off to the right. I bounced across the runway and didn't get the plane corrected before the leading edge of my right wing hit the top strand of a barbed wire fence.' When the wing struck the wire, the airplane rotated 180 degrees and landed in a rubble pile. Winds were calm at the time.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.