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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18A 150 · Bismarck, ND · July 19, 2016

Date: July 19, 2016 · 20:50 local
Place: Bismarck, ND
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3690A
Reported as: Piper PA-18A 150
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N3690ARegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150S/N 18-3038 · Built 1953 Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot was doing water landings and parked for about 30 minutes on a sandbar.

Aircraft departed water and flew towards airport. Pilot cycled landing gear for runway landing and noticed the right main gear indicator would not indicate full down. Pilot repeated cycling landing gear several times but could not get the right main gear to extend to locked position.

Pilot landed on runway and right main gear collapsed on touchdown causing damage to float keel strip. No other damage to float or aircraft. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS DOING WATER LANDINGS AND PARKED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES ON A SANDBAR.

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WATER AND FLEW TOWARDS AIRPORT. PILOT CYCLED LANDING GEAR FOR RUNWAY LANDING AND NOTICED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR INDICATOR WOULD NOT INDICATE FULL DOWN. PILOT REPEATED CYCLING LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES BUT COULD NOT GET THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO EXTEND TO LOCKED POSITION.

PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN CAUSING DAMAGE TO FLOAT KEEL STRIP. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO FLOAT OR AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES.

Other reports on N3690A · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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