# Incident 20200928020049I: Piper PA-18 105, Arlington, WA, September 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2020, 08:30 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1704° N, 122.1446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arlington, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1704&lon=-122.1446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7287K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7287K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 105 (registry code 7101809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-A2B (registry code 42101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-a2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18 105
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 965 total, 639 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200928020049I

## Narrative

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

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,

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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