19970110002979I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Belzoni, MS · January 10, 1997

Date
January 10, 1997 · 11:20 local
Place
Belzoni, MS
Airport
Belzoni Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N82502
Reported as
Piper PA18150
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
247 total13 in this make and model39 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.

Narrative: during a down wind landing on a 1,200 foot runway, the pilot landed the aircraft long and applied braking while the tail wheel was still in the air. The aircraft flipped over onto its back. Airman competence. Due to decision to land with strong tail wind, and loss of control during braking. Airman did not have endorsement required by 61.31(g).

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING A DOWN WIND LANDING ON A 1,200 FOOT RUNWAY, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT LONG AND APPLIED BRAKING WHILE THE TAIL WHEEL WAS STILL IN THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. AIRMAN COMPETENCE. DUE TO DECISION TO LAND WITH STRONG TAIL WIND, AND LOSS OF CONTROL DURING BRAKING. AIRMAN DID NOT HAVE ENDORSEMENT REQUIRED BY 61.31(G).