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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18 · Kenai, AK · August 8, 2005

Date: August 8, 2005 · 13:45 local
Place: Kenai, AK
Airport: Kenai Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N2402P
Reported as: Piper PA18
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 33 total21 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

N2402PRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-4261 · Built 1956 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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) According to the student pilot, his final approach was fast and subsequently he landed about half way down the gravel runway. After touchdown the aircraft drifted to the left side of the runway. He attempted to bring the aircraft back to the center line of the runway but some how lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft went off the right side of the runway and down into a ditch. A mechanic later reported that no damage had occurred to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, HIS FINAL APPROACH WAS FAST AND SUBSEQUENTLY HE LANDED ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE GRAVEL RUNWAY. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY BUT SOME HOW LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND DOWN INTO A DITCH. A MECHANIC LATER REPORTED THAT NO DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT.