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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Carnaton, WA · November 3, 2010

Date
November 3, 2010 · 17:10 local
Place
Carnaton, WA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4398Z
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total500 in this make and model100 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.

Pilot was making an approach to land on a gravel bar in the river. Came in low and slow, stalled the aicraft short of the bar. Wheels contacted the water causing the air craft to flip upside down coming to rest on the bar.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS MAKING AN APPROACH TO LAND ON A GRAVEL BAR IN THE RIVER. CAME IN LOW AND SLOW, STALLED THE AICRAFT SHORT OF THE BAR. WHEELS CONTACTED THE WATER CAUSING THE AIR CRAFT TO FLIP UPSIDE DOWN COMING TO REST ON THE BAR.