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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · Auburn, ME · June 6, 2016

Date: June 6, 2016 · 12:55 local
Place: Auburn, ME
Airport: Auburn-Lewiston
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3788M
Reported as: Piper PA-12
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,200 total30 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N3788MRegistered now · Piper PA-12S/N 12-2716 · Built 1947 Airframe modelPiper PA-12 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot and only occupant of N3788M was conducting full stop and go take off and landing (tail wheel airplane), pilot stated that he conducted nine (9) stop and go take off and landings and was landing on his 10th and final landing, after touching down of the hard surface runway (runway 22), PIC stated that a gust of wind lifted the left wing and brought the left main wheel off the pavement, PIC stated winds had been 5-10 knots with 20-30 degrees of runway heading. This induced a swerve to the left, as the PIC brought the wing down and was correcting for the swerve, the PIC applied the brakes which brought the tail up, PIC was not able to stop the momentum of the tail, a prop strike resulted as the aircraft came to rest on its nose.

As the FAA filed it

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