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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · John Steven Caturia Replica PA18 · Braham, MN · May 21, 2016

Date
May 21, 2016 · 16:30 local
Place
Braham, MN
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N419JC
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA255
Reported as
John Steven Caturia Replica PA18
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A4M
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
21,000 total231 in this make and model250 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 took off from sky meadows airport enroute to a farm field near Braham, MN. Pilot had normal approach to alfalfa field. Upon touchdown aircraft came up on propeller spinner, traveled approximately 120 ft and then flipped over and came to rest on back of aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM SKY MEADOWS AIRPORT ENROUTE TO A FARM FIELD NEAR BRAHAM, MN. PILOT HAD NORMAL APPROACH TO ALFALFA FIELD. UPON TOUCHDOWN AIRCRAFT CAME UP ON PROPELLER SPINNER, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 120 FT AND THEN FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON BACK OF AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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