# Incident 20220220011859I: Piper PA-18-150, Manchester, TN, February 20, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2022, 17:00 local time
- Place: Manchester, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4641° N, 86.0729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchester, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4641&lon=-86.0729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N828JP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N828JP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,368 total, 72 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220220011859I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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