20020808020989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Conway, SC · August 8, 2002

Date
August 8, 2002 · 10:50 local
Place
Conway, SC
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9128D
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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.

(-23) The aircraft was landing from the north with a quartering tail wind onto sky field, an 1,800 ft. grass runway. Upon touchdown the aircraft bounced, at this time the pilot pushed the throttle forward for a go-around. The throttle lever would not go forward due to corrosion on the lever. The aircraft was still center line of the runway. The aircraft touched down the second time and now drifted left towards the corn field. At this time the pilot was able to get power back but too late and the aircraft flipped over in the corn field. No injuries to the pilot and only minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING FROM THE NORTH WITH A QUARTERING TAIL WIND ONTO SKY FIELD, AN 1,800 FT. GRASS RUNWAY. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, AT THIS TIME THE PILOT PUSHED THE THROTTLE FORWARD FOR A GO-AROUND. THE THROTTLE LEVER WOULD NOT GO FORWARD DUE TO CORROSION ON THE LEVER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE SECOND TIME AND NOW DRIFTED LEFT TOWARDS THE CORN FIELD. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GET POWER BACK BUT TOO LATE AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER IN THE CORN FIELD. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N9128D · 4

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.