20200718018839A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Lincolnville, ME · July 18, 2020

Date
July 18, 2020 · 16:30 local
Place
Lincolnville, ME
Airport
Private Airstrip
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4365M
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA20CA268
Reported as
Piper PA-12
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
565 total36 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airman forward slipped the aircraft in approach to landing over trees and descended fast into landing on soft turf.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN FORWARD SLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT IN APPROACH TO LANDING OVER TREES AND DESCENDED FAST INTO LANDING ON SOFT TURF.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.