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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18 · White Clay, NE · February 23, 1978

Date: February 23, 1978 · 09:15 local
Place: White Clay, NE
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N752
Reported as: Piper PA18
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,961 total3,697 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N752Registered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-8219 · 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 landed in pasture covered with 3 inches of crusted snow. Airplane came to rest inverted.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED IN PASTURE COVERED WITH 3 INCHES OF CRUSTED SNOW. AIRPLANE CAME TO REST INVERTED.