# Incident 20190703023949I: Piper PA-18-150, El Cajon, CA, July 3, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2019, 12:01 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JO1J
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76WW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76WW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 8 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190703023949I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27R AND GIVEN THE WIND FROM THE TOWER OF 220 AT 11 KNOTS.   HE MAINTAINED A STABLE APPROACH ON CENTER LINE AND MADE APPROPRIATE CROSSWIND CORRECTION.  APPROACHING THE RUNWAY THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A STRONGER CROSSWIND THAN ANTICIPATED, THE PILOT FLARED EARLY AND BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT AT TOUCHDOWN.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS BLOWN  OFF CENTER-LINE TO THE RIGHT AND WHEN HE CORRECTED THE LEFT WING WAS LIFTED AND THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE (SCUFFED SOME PAINT OFF THE RIGHT WING TIP). PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER AMENDED.

## Other reports on N76WW (1)

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

- [Incident 20140628013069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140628013069I), Jun 28, 2014: Piper PA-18-150 (N76WW), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. On June 28, 2014, at approximately 6:38 pm PDT, N76WW landed on runway 27 left and Gillespie Field (see). The wind was from approximately 250 degrees at…

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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