# Incident 20051017025419I: Piper PA18150, Leesburg, FL, October 17, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Leesburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8229° N, 81.8084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG INTL (LEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8229&lon=-81.8084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3917Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3917Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051017025419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING A SHORT-FIELD LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 AT LEESBURG. HE REPORTED TO THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN IN A THREE-POINT ATTITUDE, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PLANE BEGAN VEERING TO THE LEFT. (TWO WITNESSES REPORTED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ONCE). THE PILOT APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED POWER TO INDUCE MORE PROPWASH OVER THE RUDDER FOR EFFECTIVENESS;SEVERAL SECONDS LATER THE PLANE BEGAN A SHARP VEER TO THE RIGHT. FIVE TO 10 SECONDS LATER AFTER THE AIRPLANE PASSED THE APEX OF THE RIGHT TURNING ARC, THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK THE GROUND WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY THE AIRPLANE TIPPING FORWARD ONTO ITS NOSE WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STILL ON THE GROUND. THERE WAS SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE, BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT REARWARD, THE PROPELLER SPINNDER WAS DENTED, THE LEFT WING TIP WAS SCRAPED, AND THE AIR FILTER HOUSING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE COWLING WAS CRUSHED INWARD. THE PLANE REMAINED TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY NEAR THE EDGE LINE. IT FACED APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES FROM ITS INITIAL LANDING DIRECTION.

## Other reports on N3917Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19930423015309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930423015309A), Apr 23, 1993: Piper PA18150 (N3917Z), Shreveport, LA, Substantial damage. Veered off runway on landing and struck meter pole. Gusty crosswind.

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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