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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18150 · Nome, AK · September 8, 1987

Date
September 8, 1987 · 10:30 local
Place
Nome, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7498L
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,180 total1,100 in this make and model7 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.

What happened

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

Made decision to land on sandbar. Right wheel locked up on rollout. Aircraft nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

MADE DECISION TO LAND ON SANDBAR. RIGHT WHEEL LOCKED UP ON ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.