20180107000529I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Seward, AK · January 7, 2018

Date
January 7, 2018 · 13:00 local
Place
Seward, AK
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3821P
Reported as
Piper PA-22-150
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
90 total30 in this make and model30 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.

Airman made a precautionary landing on beach due to flight control vibration, which may have been wind induced.

After landing and during taxi / turn around, front tire dipped into soft sand, and propellor struck the sand, and left wingtip also struck the ground.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON BEACH DUE TO FLIGHT CONTROL VIBRATION, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN WIND INDUCED.

AFTER LANDING AND DURING TAXI / TURN AROUND, FRONT TIRE DIPPED INTO SOFT SAND, AND PROPELLOR STRUCK THE SAND, AND LEFT WINGTIP ALSO STRUCK THE GROUND.

Other reports on N3821P · 3

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