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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Red Bluff, CA · June 18, 2017

Date
June 18, 2017 · 10:00 local
Place
Red Bluff, CA
Airport
Sand Bar On River
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4420Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA352
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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 was preforming landing on a River bar. The aircraft hit the prop and flipped on to its back. No one was injured and the aircraft sustained substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PREFORMING LANDING ON A RIVER BAR. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE PROP AND FLIPPED ON TO ITS BACK. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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