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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18 105 · Arlington, WA · September 28, 2020

Date
September 28, 2020 · 08:30 local
Place
Arlington, WA
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7287K
Reported as
Piper PA-18 105
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-A2B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
965 total639 in this make and model17 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.

PIC was performing short field take-off and landings at Arlington airport (awo) on runway 11. On the fourth attempted landing at approximately 50 ft. AGL over the runway, the aircraft's engine started sputtering which resulted in a loss of power. The aircraft descended rapidly and impacted the grass adjacent to the runway. The aircraft sustained a right main landing gear collapse, prop strike damage and minor right wingtip damage. Weather for awo was 281556Z auto 31003KT 10SM clr 11/10 A3038 rmk AO2 SLP291 T01060100 pno,

As the FAA filed it

PIC WAS PERFORMING SHORT FIELD TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS AT ARLINGTON AIRPORT (AWO) ON RUNWAY 11. ON THE FOURTH ATTEMPTED LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FT. AGL OVER THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED RAPIDLY AND IMPACTED THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE, PROP STRIKE DAMAGE AND MINOR RIGHT WINGTIP DAMAGE. WEATHER FOR AWO WAS 281556Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM CLR 11/10 A3038 RMK AO2 SLP291 T01060100 PNO,