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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Kalispell, MT · September 27, 2019

Date: September 27, 2019 · 16:45 local
Place: Kalispell, MT
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4158L
Reported as: Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,700 total390 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N4158LRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 1809100 · Built 1994 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.

Overflew airport to observe windsock. Wind was direct headwind for runway 31. Descended to tpa on left downwind. Landed with full flaps 3 point landing. Wind shifted 90 degrees coming from left side of runway with gust. Cold air front moved onto airport. Airplane began to weather vane into the wind and off runway. Applied both rudder and power to put the airplane back over runway. Airplane briefly lifted back into the air during attempt to realign with runway and touched down with a side load on the left landing gear. Left landing gear collapsed and airplane came to a stop in the grass next to the runway. Left wingtip and prop contacted the ground.

Reported event to NTSB.

As the FAA filed it

OVERFLEW AIRPORT TO OBSERVE WINDSOCK. WIND WAS DIRECT HEADWIND FOR RUNWAY 31. DESCENDED TO TPA ON LEFT DOWNWIND. LANDED WITH FULL FLAPS 3 POINT LANDING. WIND SHIFTED 90 DEGREES COMING FROM LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY WITH GUST. COLD AIR FRONT MOVED ONTO AIRPORT. AIRPLANE BEGAN TO WEATHER VANE INTO THE WIND AND OFF RUNWAY. APPLIED BOTH RUDDER AND POWER TO PUT THE AIRPLANE BACK OVER RUNWAY. AIRPLANE BRIEFLY LIFTED BACK INTO THE AIR DURING ATTEMPT TO REALIGN WITH RUNWAY AND TOUCHED DOWN WITH A SIDE LOAD ON THE LEFT LANDING GEAR. LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. LEFT WINGTIP AND PROP CONTACTED THE GROUND.

REPORTED EVENT TO NTSB.