# Incident 20190520004929I: Piper PA-18, Frederick, MD, May 20, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2019, 17:00 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4170° N, 77.3747° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREDERICK MUNI (FDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4170&lon=-77.3747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1798A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1798A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190520004929I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE PERFORMING STOP AND GO LANDINGS.  ON THE SECOND LANDING THE PILOT PERFORMED A TWO WHEEL LANDING WITH A 6 KNOT CROSSWIND.  AS THE TAIL WHEEL WAS LOWERED THE AIRCRAFT STARTED GYROSCOPICALLY TURNING TO THE RIGHT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE RELEASED BACK PRESSURE ON THE STICK, ADDED LEFT RUDDER, AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AT WHICH POINT THE TAIL CAME UP AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND.  DAMAGE WAS INCURRED TO THE PROP, SPINNER, AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING.

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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