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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-20 · Anchorage, AK · July 2, 1997

Date: July 2, 1997 · 21:35 local
Place: Anchorage, AK
Airport: Anchorage International
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1393C
Reported as: Piper PA20
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 194 total150 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N1393CRegistered now · Piper PA-20S/N 20-980 Airframe modelPiper PA-20 Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series4 cycle

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: on July 2, 1997, at about 2135 adt a Piper PA-20 N1393C registered to barry quinto and piloted by barry quinto was involved in a landing incident at merrill field airport in Anchorage Alaska. According to the pilot he was landing on runway 33 and a gust of wind caused the aircraft to ground loop. The right gear collapsed and bent the propeller tips. Neither the pilot nor his passenger were injured. The flight was operated under provisions of f.a.r. part 91. The pilot was counselled on 07/10/97. This investigation and report are closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 2, 1997, AT ABOUT 2135 ADT A PIPER PA-20 N1393C REGISTERED TO BARRY QUINTO AND PILOTED BY BARRY QUINTO WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING INCIDENT AT MERRILL FIELD AIRPORT IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AND A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP. THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED AND BENT THE PROPELLER TIPS. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER PROVISIONS OF F.A.R. PART 91. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELLED ON 07/10/97. THIS INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ARE CLOSED.