20220220011859I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Manchester, TN · February 20, 2022

Date
February 20, 2022 · 17:00 local
Place
Manchester, TN
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N828JP
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, commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,368 total72 in this make and model109 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.

The PIC of incident aircraftprivacy data omitted. He is a full time charter pilot flying a lear jet 75.

His fellow pilot friends had told him about a gravel bank landing area, located on normandy lake, the lake was created by damning the duck river. (Southeast Tennessee)

The day of incident he flies over this gravel bank area and looks to him to be safe. Upon touch down, the landing wheels started to sink, the gravel bank had leaves over the gravel and was wet and soft.

The aircraft landing roll was short and a slow speed nose over occurred.

The aircraft was recovered and set on airbags and towed to nearest boat dock.

Pictures of the incident aircraft verified no visible damage and recover crew confirmed that no damage was noted.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIC OF INCIDENT AIRCRAFT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. HE IS A FULL TIME CHARTER PILOT FLYING A LEAR JET 75.

HIS FELLOW PILOT FRIENDS HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT A GRAVEL BANK LANDING AREA, LOCATED ON NORMANDY LAKE, THE LAKE WAS CREATED BY DAMNING THE DUCK RIVER. (SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE)

THE DAY OF INCIDENT HE FLIES OVER THIS GRAVEL BANK AREA AND LOOKS TO HIM TO BE SAFE. UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE LANDING WHEELS STARTED TO SINK, THE GRAVEL BANK HAD LEAVES OVER THE GRAVEL AND WAS WET AND SOFT.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDING ROLL WAS SHORT AND A SLOW SPEED NOSE OVER OCCURRED.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND SET ON AIRBAGS AND TOWED TO NEAREST BOAT DOCK.

PICTURES OF THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT VERIFIED NO VISIBLE DAMAGE AND RECOVER CREW CONFIRMED THAT NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED.