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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18 · Talkeetna, AK · February 17, 1986

Date: February 17, 1986 · 12:00 local
Place: Talkeetna, AK
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3910Z
Reported as: Piper PA18
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,350 total8,300 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N3910ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18S/N 18-7726 · Built 1961 Airframe modelPiper PA-18 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.

During landing rollout on crusted snow, wheels broke through crust and nose pitched forward.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON CRUSTED SNOW, WHEELS BROKE THROUGH CRUST AND NOSE PITCHED FORWARD.