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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-17 · Judd Lake, AK · January 30, 2010

Date
January 30, 2010 · 15:30 local
Place
Judd Lake, AK
Airport
Off Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4568H
Reported as
Piper PA-17
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
490 total35 in this make and model60 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.

According to the airmen, the left wing contacted trees when landing in gusty wind conditions.

As the FAA filed it

ACCORDING TO THE AIRMEN, THE LEFT WING CONTACTED TREES WHEN LANDING IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.