# Incident 20170602005179I: Piper PA-18-150, Crystal Falls, MI, June 2, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2017, 10:50 local time
- Place: Crystal Falls, MI
- Airport: Iron County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0091° N, 88.2740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IRON COUNTY (50D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0091&lon=-88.2740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3781Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3781Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-A2B (registry code 42101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-a2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 15 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170602005179I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 2, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:50 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-18-150 AIRCRAFT, N3781Y, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 30 UPON LANDING AT THE IRON COUNTY AIRPORT (50D) IN CRYSTAL FALLS, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FORD AIRPORT (IMT) IN IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE DEPARTED FORD AIRPORT (IMT) FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. AFTER A SCENIC TOUR, THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO THE IRON COUNTY AIRPORT TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO'S. HIS FIRST LANDING AND TAKE OFF WERE UNEVENTFUL.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON HIS SECOND LANDING, A DEER AND ITS FAWN RAN OUT OF THE NEARBY TREES, HEADED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND ACROSS THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING EFFORT AND DID NOT STRIKE THE DEER. THE BRAKING LED TO A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE CLEARED RUNWAY AREA. THE RESULTANT FORCES AND ROUGH TERRAIN COLLAPSED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS RIGHT WINGTIP.

WEATHER REPORT AT KIMT AIRPORT AT 1454Z WAS: WIND 330 DEGREES AT 04 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, CLEAR, TEMP 22, DEW POINT 06, AND ALTIMETER 3005.

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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