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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18 · Tok, AK · August 12, 2018

Date
August 12, 2018 · 16:30 local
Place
Tok, AK
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8105Y
Reported as
Piper PA-18
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total654 in this make and model40 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 with a tail wind on a ridge top. After touch down and was rolling out, aircraft experience a wind gust from behind. The tail began to rise . Pilot increase throttle to force the tail down, could not over come the rising tail and prop struck the ground. Aircraft yawed to left striking left wing tip. Wing tip and propeller have damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS LANDING WITH A TAIL WIND ON A RIDGE TOP. AFTER TOUCH DOWN AND WAS ROLLING OUT, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE A WIND GUST FROM BEHIND. THE TAIL BEGAN TO RISE . PILOT INCREASE THROTTLE TO FORCE THE TAIL DOWN, COULD NOT OVER COME THE RISING TAIL AND PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT YAWED TO LEFT STRIKING LEFT WING TIP. WING TIP AND PROPELLER HAVE DAMAGE.