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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-11 · Palmer · September 19, 2008

Date: September 19, 2008 · 12:35 local
Place: Palmer
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N78833
Reported as: Piper PA11
Reported engine: Continental C90*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total1,500 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N78833Registration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Piper PA-11S/N 11-1616 · Built 1948 Airframe modelPiper PA-11 Engine modelContinental C90 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) According to the pilot, the weather was rainy but good and the winds were calm. The pilot had heard of other pilots landing at the intended area and that it is a good area to find moose. The pilot saw tracks at the landing area. The chosen area according to the pilot was grassy and could have been an old lake. There were tracks in the area on the end of a twenty foot circle that were really wet. The pilot on landing stated that the aircraft went through the wet spot, and that caused the airplane to go over on its back.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE WEATHER WAS RAINY BUT GOOD AND THE WINDS WERE CALM. THE PILOT HAD HEARD OF OTHER PILOTS LANDING AT THE INTENDED AREA AND THAT IT IS A GOOD AREA TO FIND MOOSE. THE PILOT SAW TRACKS AT THE LANDING AREA. THE CHOSEN AREA ACCORDING TO THE PILOT WAS GRASSY AND COULD HAVE BEEN AN OLD LAKE. THERE WERE TRACKS IN THE AREA ON THE END OF A TWENTY FOOT CIRCLE THAT WERE REALLY WET. THE PILOT ON LANDING STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH THE WET SPOT, AND THAT CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO GO OVER ON ITS BACK.