20221004016709I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18 · Creede, CO · October 4, 2022

Date
October 4, 2022 · 09:06 local
Place
Creede, CO
Airport
Mineral County Memorial Airpor
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N350CC
Reported as
Piper PA-18
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

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.

Pilot stated that the aircraft had recently undergone its annual maintenance and that the brakes were "tighter" than he was previously accustomed to. When pilot landed, he applied the right brake to correct his direction and the plane immediatly over corrected, pilot then applied the left brake to correct and over corrected to left. At that point the plane left the runway and the tail wipped causing the plane to flip upside down. Visual damge as repoted by airport manger minor. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECENTLY UNDERGONE ITS ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND THAT THE BRAKES WERE "TIGHTER" THAN HE WAS PREVIOUSLY ACCUSTOMED TO. WHEN PILOT LANDED, HE APPLIED THE RIGHT BRAKE TO CORRECT HIS DIRECTION AND THE PLANE IMMEDIATLY OVER CORRECTED, PILOT THEN APPLIED THE LEFT BRAKE TO CORRECT AND OVER CORRECTED TO LEFT. AT THAT POINT THE PLANE LEFT THE RUNWAY AND THE TAIL WIPPED CAUSING THE PLANE TO FLIP UPSIDE DOWN. VISUAL DAMGE AS REPOTED BY AIRPORT MANGER MINOR.NO INJURIES.

Other reports on N350CC · 3

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.