# Incident 20040918035209I: Piper PA22135, Fountain Hills, AZ, September 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2004, 08:15 local time
- Place: Fountain Hills, AZ
- Airport: Goldfield Ranch Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5998° N, 111.6059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Goldfield Ranch Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5998&lon=-111.6059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3618A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3618A-2012-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 600 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040918035209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT PRIOR TO LANDING HE DETERMINED THE WIND TO BE CALM BY A FLY OVER AND OBSERVATION OF THE WIND SOCK. PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN HE ENCOUNTERED A STRONG GUST FROM THE RIGHT REAR WHILE HE WAS STILL IN GROUND EFFECT ATTEMPTING A FLARE TO A THREE POINT LANDING. PILOT STATED THAT AT THAT POINT THE CONTROLS MOMENTARILY "WENT LIMP" AND THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, YAWED TO THE RIGHT AND TOUCHED DOWN IN A CRAB. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED OVER ONTO IT'S BACK AT A SLOW SPEED. A & P SURVEY OF AIRCRAFT DOCUMENTED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, COWLING NOSE SECTION, WINDSHIELD AND RUDDER TIP BOW. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

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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