20050604010469I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-15 · Mifflintown, PA · June 4, 2005

Date
June 4, 2005 · 17:15 local
Place
Mifflintown, PA
Airport
Mifflintown
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4175H
Reported as
Piper PA15
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
26 total16 in this make and model4 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.

(-23) This was pilot's second solo of the day. On landing, aircraft touched down tail wheel first and started bouncing. Pilot failed to arrest the bouncing and aircraft left runway at a very slow speed into high grass and went over onto it's back.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS WAS PILOT'S SECOND SOLO OF THE DAY. ON LANDING, AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN TAIL WHEEL FIRST AND STARTED BOUNCING. PILOT FAILED TO ARREST THE BOUNCING AND AIRCRAFT LEFT RUNWAY AT A VERY SLOW SPEED INTO HIGH GRASS AND WENT OVER ONTO IT'S BACK.