19780211006949I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28151 · Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico · February 11, 1978

Date
February 11, 1978 · 14:10 local
Place
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Airport
Vieques
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4710F
Reported as
Piper PA28151
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
70 total70 in this make and model0 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.

Pilot seat broke backward at touchdown. Pilot lost directional control of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SEAT BROKE BACKWARD AT TOUCHDOWN. PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.