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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Protzman James C PA-18 · Anchorage, AK · May 1, 2012

Date
May 1, 2012 · 17:37 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Lake Hood Strip
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N225PZ
Reported as
Protzman James C PA-18
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
910 total450 in this make and model75 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 practicing his short field takeoff and landing procedures. He stated that during his short field landing, his brakes were engaged due to being over pressurized which in turn rotated the aircraft onto its nose. Propeller struck the ground and received minor damage. Observers lowered aircraft back onto its tail wheel. No other damage to the aircraft was found.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PRACTICING HIS SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF AND LANDING PROCEDURES. HE STATED THAT DURING HIS SHORT FIELD LANDING, HIS BRAKES WERE ENGAGED DUE TO BEING OVER PRESSURIZED WHICH IN TURN ROTATED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO ITS NOSE. PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. OBSERVERS LOWERED AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO ITS TAIL WHEEL. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND.