# Incident 20160510010679I: Bill Rusk PA-18 REPLICA KIT, Ketchikan, AK, May 10, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2016, 14:21 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N316BR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N316BR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bill Rusk PA-18 REPLICA KIT (registry code 05634AJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/bill-rusk-pa-18-replica-kit) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aerosport O-360 (registry code 01300, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aerosport-o-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BILL RUSK PA-18 REPLICA KIT
- Reported engine: AEROSPORT O-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 220 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160510010679I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY AT PAKT APROXIMATELY 13:47. GEAR WAS NEVER RAISED ON AMPHIBIOUS LANDING GEAR. ATTEMPTED LANDING AND FLIPPED AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. NO STRUCTURAL OR POWERPLANT DAMAGE.

LAKE IN A REMOTE LOCATION. LIFTED AIRCRAFT OUT OF LAKE TO LOCAL HANGER FOR ASSESMENT AND REPAIR.

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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