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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper/Wally'S Flyers J3C-65 · Monticello, MN · August 17, 2011

Date
August 17, 2011 · 18:00 local
Place
Monticello, MN
Airport
Pilot'S Cove
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N25WF
Reported as
Piper/Wally'S Flyers J3C-65
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
163 total48 in this make and model4 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.

After landing at [20Y], during taxi, the right wing lift struts contacted a sign post that was located on the edge of the mowed area on the north east side of the field. Enough damage was inflicted to both wing struts on the right wing, to require their replacement.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING AT [20Y], DURING TAXI, THE RIGHT WING LIFT STRUTS CONTACTED A SIGN POST THAT WAS LOCATED ON THE EDGE OF THE MOWED AREA ON THE NORTH EAST SIDE OF THE FIELD.ENOUGH DAMAGE WAS INFLICTED TO BOTH WING STRUTS ON THE RIGHT WING, TO REQUIRE THEIR REPLACEMENT.

Other reports on N25WF · 5

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