19940206004459I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-150 · Ainsworth, NE · February 6, 1994

Date: February 6, 1994 · 15:10 local
Place: Ainsworth, NE
Airport: Ainsworth Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5246W
Reported as: Piper PA28150
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,250 total1,100 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N5246WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-150S/N 28-288 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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: the pilot departed millard airport (mle), omaha, NE, to chadron (cdr), NE, on a day VFR flight. Approximately 30-40 miles east of Ainsworth (anw), NE the pilot encountered lowering ceilings and diverted to anw maintaining VMC flight conditions. The pilot stated he encountered a right quartering headwind on final and after touchdown ground looped to the right causing minor damage to the nose wheel strut and scraping the left wingtip. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT DEPARTED MILLARD AIRPORT (MLE), OMAHA, NE, TO CHADRON (CDR), NE, ON A DAY VFR FLIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MILES EAST OF AINSWORTH (ANW), NE THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED LOWERING CEILINGS AND DIVERTED TO ANW MAINTAINING VMC FLIGHT CONDITIONS. THE PILOT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED A RIGHT QUARTERING HEADWIND ON FINAL AND AFTER TOUCHDOWN GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT AND SCRAPING THE LEFT WINGTIP. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.