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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Orchard Lake, MI · August 17, 2019

Date: August 17, 2019 · 17:00 local
Place: Orchard Lake, MI
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9678P
Reported as: Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 6
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 66 total1 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N9678PRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-7509019 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.

A seaplane landed on upper straits lake then struck an anchored pontoon boat.

As the FAA filed it

A SEAPLANE LANDED ON UPPER STRAITS LAKE THEN STRUCK AN ANCHORED PONTOON BOAT.

Other reports on N9678P · 1

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

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