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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J5A · Woodland, WA · July 8, 2015

Date: July 8, 2015 · 10:30 local
Place: Woodland, WA
Airport: Woodland State
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N35400
Reported as: Piper J5A
Reported engine: Continental C90 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 150 total10 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N35400Registered now · Piper J5AS/N 5-650 Airframe modelPiper J5A Engine modelContinental C90 seriesReciprocating

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.

During subsequent flight following a tail wheel endorsement, the pilot, who was in the front seat of a tandem seat airplane, was doing short-field landings. On the third landing at W27 the airplane started to veer left. Both the pilot and a CFI, who had given the tail wheel endorsement, who was in the back seat, applied right braking to correct the left veer and then as the airplane slowed on roll out both pilots applied braking action causing the airplane to tip on its nose. Both pilots exited the airplane with no injuries and righted the airplane.

As the FAA filed it

DURING SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT FOLLOWING A TAIL WHEEL ENDORSEMENT, THE PILOT, WHO WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT OF A TANDEM SEAT AIRPLANE, WAS DOING SHORT-FIELD LANDINGS. ON THE THIRD LANDING AT W27 THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO VEER LEFT. BOTH THE PILOT AND A CFI, WHO HAD GIVEN THE TAIL WHEEL ENDORSEMENT, WHO WAS IN THE BACK SEAT, APPLIED RIGHT BRAKING TO CORRECT THE LEFT VEER AND THEN AS THE AIRPLANE SLOWED ON ROLL OUT BOTH PILOTS APPLIED BRAKING ACTION CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO TIP ON ITS NOSE. BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRPLANE WITH NO INJURIES AND RIGHTED THE AIRPLANE.