19990708018179I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Chelan, WA · July 8, 1999

Date
July 8, 1999 · 15:30 local
Place
Chelan, WA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4158D
Reported as
Piper PA18150
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total80 in this make and model50 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.

(-5)The pilot was attempting a short field landing on his Private airstrip. The landing was hard and the left main landing gear collapsed. Damage to the aircraft was limited to the landing gear and propeller. The pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A SHORT FIELD LANDING ON HIS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. THE LANDING WAS HARD AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.