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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Delta Junction, AK · August 28, 2012

Date
August 28, 2012 · 10:15 local
Place
Delta Junction, AK
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4316Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC12CA094
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total80 in this make and model70 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 undershot the runway and when the aircraft contacted the ground the right main wheel went into a depression in the ground, then the right wheel contacted a pile of brush causing the aircraft to flip over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNDERSHOT THE RUNWAY AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL WENT INTO A DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND, THEN THE RIGHT WHEEL CONTACTED A PILE OF BRUSH CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.