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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper/Cub C PA-18-150 · OR · July 20, 2010

Date
July 20, 2010 · 10:20 local
Place
OR
Airport
Pittsburg Landing
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N874CC
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR10CA362
Reported as
Piper/Cub C PA-18-150
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
535 total140 in this make and model53 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 pilot was Landing to the south. The aircraft touched down in the first 1/3 of the runway and bounced. The pilot initiated a go-around. In doing so the aircraft struck a fence at the end of the runway and subsequently barely cleared a small canyon immediately beyound the runway, coming to rest just beyond that canyon.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS LANDING TO THE SOUTH. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE FIRST 1/3 OF THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND. IN DOING SO THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FENCE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY BARELY CLEARED A SMALL CANYON IMMEDIATELY BEYOUND THE RUNWAY, COMING TO REST JUST BEYOND THAT CANYON.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.