19780125004939I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18 · Buhl, ID · January 25, 1978

Date: January 25, 1978 · 11:00 local
Place: Buhl, ID
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N74945
Reported as: Piper PA18
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total160 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N74945Registered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-7509102 · Built 1975 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot made hard landing in hayfield. Broken right main gear and wing tip damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE HARD LANDING IN HAYFIELD. BROKEN RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND WING TIP DAMAGE.