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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · St Marys, AK · September 17, 2018

Date: September 17, 2018 · 22:45 local
Place: St Marys, AK
Airport: Bethel Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N824JT
Reported as: Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total750 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

N824JTRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-6040 · Built 1957 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot reported that he departed Bethel with one passenger for a drop off at a hunting camp that was located approximately 38 miles northeast of st. Marys, AK. He stated that the landing was to an off airport location. He said wind was across the landing area at about ten knots, and that he landed hard on the upwind landing gear, which sheared the attachement causing the tire to strike the side of the fuselage causing minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DEPARTED BETHEL WITH ONE PASSENGER FOR A DROP OFF AT A HUNTING CAMP THAT WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 38 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. MARYS, AK. HE STATED THAT THE LANDING WAS TO AN OFF AIRPORT LOCATION. HE SAID WIND WAS ACROSS THE LANDING AREA AT ABOUT TEN KNOTS, AND THAT HE LANDED HARD ON THE UPWIND LANDING GEAR, WHICH SHEARED THE ATTACHEMENT CAUSING THE TIRE TO STRIKE THE SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

Other reports on N824JT · 2

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

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