# Incident 19990930033409I: Piper J4A, Silverlake, WI, September 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1999, 12:50 local time
- Place: Silverlake, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N25753, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25753) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J4A (registry code 7100604, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J4A
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990930033409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1999, AT 1750Z, A PIPER MODEL J4A, N25753, UPON LANDING ON SILVER LAKE, SILVER LAKE, WI, ENCOUNTERED ROUGH SURFACE CONDITIONS.  THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT, ON LANDING, TURNED SLIGHTLY CROSS WIND.  THE WIND LIFTED THE LEFT WING AND THE RIGHT FLOAT NOSED UNDER FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT ON IT'S BACK.  THE PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT BY THE OWNER, GORDON N. OLSON UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME WITH WINS AT 26 KTS., GUSTING TO 31 KTS.

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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