# Incident 19970809029919I: Piper PA18150, Du Bois, PA, August 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1997, 12:30 local time
- Place: Du Bois, PA
- Airport: Du Bois-Jefferson County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1222° N, 78.7551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DuBois, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1222&lon=-78.7551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 179 total, 42 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970809029919I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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