# Incident 20120501007149I: Protzman James C PA-18, Anchorage, AK, May 1, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2012, 17:37 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Strip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N225PZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N225PZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Protzman James C PA-18 (registry code 056249D, https://openairdocs.org/model/protzman-james-c-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PROTZMAN JAMES C PA-18
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 910 total, 450 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120501007149I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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