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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18 · Fairbanks, AK · August 19, 2011

Date
August 19, 2011 · 15:10 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
Fairbanks International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1325A
Reported as
Piper PA-18
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-290 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total15 in this make and model15 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.

Upon touch down wind gusted and caused the aircraft to veer to the left, pilot corrected to the right then to the left as aircraft spun around. Large side loads on the wheel and tires caused the axles to snap folding them under the landing gear. No other damage to the aircraft. Ptrs AL01201102918

As the FAA filed it

UPON TOUCH DOWN WIND GUSTED AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE LEFT, PILOT CORRECTED TO THE RIGHT THEN TO THE LEFT AS AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND. LARGE SIDE LOADS ON THE WHEEL AND TIRES CAUSED THE AXLES TO SNAP FOLDING THEM UNDER THE LANDING GEAR. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. PTRS AL01201102918

Other reports on N1325A · 1

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