# Incident 20190703009099I: Wrote Donald S SMITH CUB 18, Attica, MI, July 3, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2019, 12:30 local time
- Place: Attica, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0244° N, 83.1610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Attica, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0244&lon=-83.1610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736DW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736DW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wrote Donald S SMITH CUB 18 (registry code 05621BW, https://openairdocs.org/model/wrote-donald-s-smith-cub-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WROTE DONALD S SMITH CUB 18
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,368 total, 688 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190703009099I

## Narrative

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

ON 3 JULY 2019 THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM HIS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AT HIS LOCAL RESIDENCE, AFTER SEVERAL LANDINGS AT NEARBY LAKES, HE STOPPED FOR FUEL AT DUPONT-LAPEER AIRPORT (D95). AFTER FUELING HE TOOK BACK OFF FOLLOWING A CHEROKEE SIX WHICH DEPARTED BEFORE HIM. AFTER ROTATION THE PILOT STARTED TURNING TO THE SOUTH EAST HEADING TOWARDS LAKE PLEASANT. UPON ENTERING HIS TURN HE HEARD THE CHEROKEE SIX ANNOUNCE HE WAS ALSO TURNING TO THE SOUTH EAST, HE THEN PROCEEDED TO SCAN THE SKY TO LOOK FOR THE CHEROKEE SIX TO ENSURE ADEQUATE SPACING BETWEEN THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT THEN HEADED TO LAKE PLEASANT WHERE HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITH WHEELS DOWN ON FLOATS AND FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS PICKED UP BY A PONTOON BOAT THAT WAS NEARBY AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RIGHTED BACK ON TO ITS FLOATS BY THE LOCAL SHERIFFS DIVE TEAM AND A TOWING COMPANY, THEN TOWED TO SHORE AND RELEASED TO THE OWNER.

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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