What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft ground looped during rollout.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED DURING ROLLOUT.
FAA incident report · Piper PA18A · Birchwood, AK · July 31, 1987
- Date
- July 31, 1987 · 13:10 local
- Place
- Birchwood, AK
- Airport
- Birchwood
- Phase of flight
- Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N1252L
- Reported as
- Piper PA18A
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 150 total100 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
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.