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FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Palmer, AK · September 5, 2007

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Date
September 5, 2007 · 20:30 local
Place
Palmer, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4305Z
Reported as
Piper PA18150
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total3,000 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days
N4305ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-8614 · Built 1968Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot indicated that he was making a routine landing on the upper colony glacier when at the end of the landing roll the aircraft sank into some soft snow and slush. The propeller dug into the snow and came to stop in a near vertical position thereby keeping the aircraft from going over on its nose. The left wing came in contact with the snow as the airplane came to a stop. A visual inspection of the aircraft indicated damage to the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT INDICATED THAT HE WAS MAKING A ROUTINE LANDING ON THE UPPER COLONY GLACIER WHEN AT THE END OF THE LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT SANK INTO SOME SOFT SNOW AND SLUSH. THE PROPELLER DUG INTO THE SNOW AND CAME TO STOP IN A NEAR VERTICAL POSITION THEREBY KEEPING THE AIRCRAFT FROM GOING OVER ON ITS NOSE. THE LEFT WING CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE SNOW AS THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.