19940116004359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28160 · Danbury, CT · January 16, 1994

Date
January 16, 1994 · 17:20 local
Place
Danbury, CT
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N33659
Reported as
Piper PA28160
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,930 total375 in this make and model60 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.

Narrative: aircraft departed dxr at 1700 local to practice take-offs and landings on the ice at candlewood lake. After landing, on roll-out, the aircraft hit a soft spot in the ice with the nose gear. The nose gear was bent back, and one propeller blade was bent. The aircraft was secured on the ice pending repairs.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DXR AT 1700 LOCAL TO PRACTICE TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS ON THE ICE AT CANDLEWOOD LAKE. AFTER LANDING, ON ROLL-OUT, THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SOFT SPOT IN THE ICE WITH THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT BACK, AND ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS BENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SECURED ON THE ICE PENDING REPAIRS.