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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Burlington, WA · November 29, 2018

Date
November 29, 2018 · 12:20 local
Place
Burlington, WA
Airport
Skagit Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3619M
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA080
Reported as
Piper PA-12
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,975 total22 in this make and model22 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 stated that during the rollout portion of the landing he must not have had his feet in the correct position. The aircraft veered to the left, exited the pavement of the runway and struck a sign substantialy damaging the empennage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE ROLLOUT PORTION OF THE LANDING HE MUST NOT HAVE HAD HIS FEET IN THE CORRECT POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, EXITED THE PAVEMENT OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A SIGN SUBSTANTIALY DAMAGING THE EMPENNAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.