# Accident 20110825024749A: Tubbs S/Performance Air Inc PA 18-225 DD, August 25, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2011, 10:30 local time
- Airport: Mile Hi Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1514° N, 114.9922° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1514&lon=-114.9922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N727WW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N727WW-2021-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tubbs S/Performance Air PA 18-225 DD (registry code 05617PY, https://openairdocs.org/model/tubbs-s-performance-air-pa-18-225-dd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TUBBS S/PERFORMANCE AIR INC PA 18-225 DD
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,170 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA436](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA436) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110825024749A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PRIVATE PILOT LANDED ON US FOREST SERVICE EMERGENCY USE ONLY AIRSTRIP, FOR "HIGHLY EXPERIENCED MOUNTAIN PILOTS ONLY."   THE FIRST 540 FEET IS NOT USABLE.PILOT STATES HE HAD A HARD LANDING AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER FROM RUNWAY INTO  TREE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR11LA436](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA436), Aug 25, 2011: Tubbs S/Performance PA-18 225DD (N727WW), Mile Hi Landing Strip, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the left landing gear during landing for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N727WW (1)

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

- [Accident 20190422003279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190422003279A), Apr 22, 2019: Tubbs S/Performance Air Inc PA 18-225 DD (N727WW), Mccall, ID, Substantial damage. Flight departed a private backcountry airstrip with an intended destination of Mccall, ID. The pilot stated he began a cruise descent enroute to Mccall and…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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