# Accident 20090712014839A: Piper PA18, Erie, CO, July 12, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2009, 07:30 local time
- Place: Erie, CO
- Airport: Erie Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0102° N, 105.0481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ERIE MUNI (EIK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0102&lon=-105.0481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N350CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090712014839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 12, 2009 THE INSTRUCTOR WAS  INSTRUCTING STUDENT PILOT IN N408RA, A REMOS G-3, A LIGHT SPORT CATEGORY AIRPLANE AT ERIE, COLRADO TRI-COUNTY AIRPORT.  THE STUDENT MADE A ROUGH LANDING AND BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AT WHICH TIME THE INSTRUCTOR ORDERED A GO-AROUND.  THE INSTRUCTOR THEN TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT RESPONDING AND MAY HAVE BEEN STALLED.  THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OVER THE GRASS BESIDE THE RUNWAY AND THE PROPELLER HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT AND TAXIWAY SIGN.  THE PROPELLER WAS BROKEN, THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, VERTICAL STABILIZER, AND LEFT LANDING GEAR WERE DAMAGED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N350CC (3)

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

- [Incident 20221004016709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221004016709I), Oct 4, 2022: Piper PA-18 (N350CC), Creede, CO, Minor damage. Pilot stated that the aircraft had recently undergone its annual maintenance and that the brakes were "tighter" than he was previously accustomed to. When…
- [Accident 20100811040669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100811040669A), Aug 11, 2010: Piper PA-18 (N350CC), Aspen, CO, Substantial damage. On August 11, 2010 at approximately 11:00 am, a single engine Piper PA-18, N350CC was substantially damaged when it departed runway 33 and entered into a…
- [Accident 20090810014829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090810014829A), Aug 10, 2009: Piper PA18 (N350CC), Aspen, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot taxied onto departure runway waited for wake turbulence from departing Gulfstream 5 (short delay) applied power from centerline then immediately…

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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