20251016015179I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-135 · Missoula, MT · October 16, 2025

Date
October 16, 2025 · 16:01 local
Place
Missoula, MT
Airport
Missoula International Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9968Q
Reported as
Piper PA-18-135
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
300 in this make and model

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 pilot stated, " landing runway 30 at mso, performing a 3-point landing and aircraft bounced. Touched down again and veered left then right and went into the grass on right side of runway. Prop struck the ground along with right wingtip.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED, " LANDING RUNWAY 30 AT MSO, PERFORMING A 3-POINT LANDING AND AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN AND VEERED LEFT THEN RIGHT AND WENT INTO THE GRASS ON RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY. PROP STRUCK THE GROUND ALONG WITH RIGHT WINGTIP.