# Incident 20251016015179I: Piper PA-18-135, Missoula, MT, October 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2025, 16:01 local time
- Place: Missoula, MT
- Airport: Missoula International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8721° N, 113.9940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Missoula, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8721&lon=-113.9940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9968Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9968Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251016015179I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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