# Incident 20120608010159I: Piper PA-18-150, Elmira, NY, June 8, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2012, 14:05 local time
- Place: Elmira, NY
- Airport: Harris Hill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1209° N, 76.9011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRIS HILL (4NY8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1209&lon=-76.9011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4456Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4456Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120608010159I

## Narrative

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

ON 6/8/12 AT APPROXIMATELY 14:05 LOCAL TIME A PA18 (N4456Z) LANDED AT HARRIS HILL AIRPORT RUNWAY 34 IN THE GRASS AND EXITED THE LANDING AREA TO THE RIGHT PROCEEDING THROUGH A FENCE AND ONTO THE ADJACENT ROAD. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH WIND APPROXIMATELY FROM 280 AT 15 GUSTING TO 23MPH AS REPORTED ON THE LOCAL INSTRUMENTS. INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT THE PILOT FAILED TO COMPENSATE FOR CROSSWIND DURING LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED DURING INTERVIEW THAT HE SHOULD HAVE ELECTED TO GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, FUSELAGE AND TAIL. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. A REEXAMINATION LETTER WAS ISSUED TO THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N4456Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20000708010599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000708010599A), Jul 8, 2000: Piper PA18150 (N4456Z), Dansville, NY, No damage. (-23) Steven lewis, pilot of N4456Z, lost the entire engine power and landed at the Dansville airport. There were no injuries and the livingston county…

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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