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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Du Bois, PA · August 9, 1997

Date: August 9, 1997 · 12:30 local
Place: Du Bois, PA
Airport: Du Bois-Jefferson County Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N96SC
Reported as: Piper PA18150
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 179 total42 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N96SCRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 1809032 · Built 1989 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 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.

Narrative: the pilot stated: "made a normal final approach to the grass strip parallel to runway 25 located between the runway and taxiway between taxiways alpha and bravo. After touchdown, the aircraft drifted toward a gulley to the right. To avoid the gulley, I over-corrected turning the aircraft too quickly to the left causing the plane to ground loop to the left. The right wing touched the ground. The plane righted itself." The above statement is to the best of the pilot's memory.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED: "MADE A NORMAL FINAL APPROACH TO THE GRASS STRIP PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 25 LOCATED BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY BETWEEN TAXIWAYS ALPHA AND BRAVO. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TOWARD A GULLEY TO THE RIGHT. TO AVOID THE GULLEY, I OVER-CORRECTED TURNING THE AIRCRAFT TOO QUICKLY TO THE LEFT CAUSING THE PLANE TO GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT. THE RIGHT WING TOUCHED THE GROUND. THE PLANE RIGHTED ITSELF." THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS TO THE BEST OF THE PILOT'S MEMORY.