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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · Ahoskie, NC · August 21, 2018

Date
August 21, 2018 · 12:00 local
Place
Ahoskie, NC
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2491M
Reported as
Piper PA-12
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-290 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
977 total

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.

PIC was completing a simulated emergency landing. After a successful landing on the water, the PIC was taxiing at idle when the right wing began to slowly drop. The right wing tip went into the water. The engine was shut off and the aircraft had to be towed to shore.

As the FAA filed it

PIC WAS COMPLETING A SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL LANDING ON THE WATER, THE PIC WAS TAXIING AT IDLE WHEN THE RIGHT WING BEGAN TO SLOWLY DROP. THE RIGHT WING TIP WENT INTO THE WATER. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO BE TOWED TO SHORE.