20060305003529A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-135 · St Paul, OR · March 5, 2006

Date
March 5, 2006 · 13:30 local
Place
St Paul, OR
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1991A
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA06CA061
Reported as
Piper PA18135
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total2,000 in this make and model30 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) Pilot attempted to land the aircraft on a sandbar in the willamette river, was too short, wheels contacted the water, and the aircraft flipped over on the sandbar.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON A SANDBAR IN THE WILLAMETTE RIVER, WAS TOO SHORT, WHEELS CONTACTED THE WATER, AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON THE SANDBAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.