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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18 · Carry Falls, NY · August 18, 2017

Date
August 18, 2017 · 19:00 local
Place
Carry Falls, NY
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1473C
Reported as
Piper PA-18
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-290 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,700 total350 in this make and model60 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.

Upon landing on the beach at Carry Falls reservoir, NY, the aircraft experienced a sand bar causing the aircraft to flip onto its back causing minor damage to the prop, left wing, left wing lift strut and rudder.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING ON THE BEACH AT CARRY FALLS RESERVOIR, NY, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SAND BAR CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP ONTO ITS BACK CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP, LEFT WING, LEFT WING LIFT STRUT AND RUDDER.

Other reports on N1473C · 2

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