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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-11 · Skwentna, AK · September 12, 2017

Date
September 12, 2017 · 16:30 local
Place
Skwentna, AK
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4741M
Reported as
Piper PA-11
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
149 total74 in this make and model28 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.

Pilot was landing on gravel bar while practicing a tail high landing. Swirling wind coupled with aggressive braking caused aircraft to flip over nose. Damage to propeller, windshield, rudder, wing ribs, lift strut, leading edge wing fairing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS LANDING ON GRAVEL BAR WHILE PRACTICING A TAIL HIGH LANDING. SWIRLING WIND COUPLED WITH AGGRESSIVE BRAKING CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER NOSE. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, WINDSHIELD, RUDDER, WING RIBS, LIFT STRUT, LEADING EDGE WING FAIRING.