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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Anchorage, AK · March 14, 2009

Date
March 14, 2009 · 19:30 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N6036S
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total5,000 in this make and model1 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.

The airman stated that he flared to high, bounced and wasn't able to keep directional control of the aircraft. He said he elected to hit the snow rather than ground-loop and possible hit a wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE FLARED TO HIGH, BOUNCED AND WASN'T ABLE TO KEEP DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE SAID HE ELECTED TO HIT THE SNOW RATHER THAN GROUND-LOOP AND POSSIBLE HIT A WING TIP.