# Accident 20180722017599A: Patrick Carroll JA30 SUPERSTOL, Chelan Falls, WA, July 22, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2018, 11:00 local time
- Place: Chelan Falls, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7869° N, 119.9931° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7869&lon=-119.9931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N825PW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N825PW-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Patrick Carroll JA30 SUPERSTOL (registry code 05633EJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/patrick-carroll-ja30-superstol) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 914 series (registry code 55575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PATRICK CARROLL JA30 SUPERSTOL
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914 (SERIES)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 130 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA443](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA443) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180722017599A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD PRACTICED NUMEROUS TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS AT LAKE CHELAN AIRPORT PRIOR TO LANDING AT CHELAN FALLS PRIVATE STRIP.FLEW TO PRIVATE STRIP IN CHELAN FALLS AND LANDED ON/OR SHORT OF OBSTACLE AND SHEERED OFF MAIN GEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT. FUSELAGE THEN SKIDDED TO A STOP IN ABOUT 100FT. PILOT EXITED AIRPLANE. DAMAGE WAS DETACHED MAIN GEAR AND DIMPLED WING SLOT  ON LH LEADING EDGE TIP. NTSB DETERMINED MOTOR MOUNT IS BENT OR BROKEN,AND CLASSIFIED IT AS AN ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA18CA443](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA443), Jul 22, 2018: Just JA30 Superstol (N825PW), Chelan Falls, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper approach over a river, which resulted in a collision with a dock.

## Other reports on N825PW (1)

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

- [Accident 20190506004109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190506004109A), May 6, 2019: Patrick Carroll JA30 SUPERSTOL (N825PW), Chelan, WA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot of N825PW departed on rwy 20 climbed to 75FT and turned to heading of approximately 060 degrees stalled and crashed. The impact was fatal followed by a…

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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