19951218044879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · West Chester, PA · December 18, 1995

Date: December 18, 1995 · 17:10 local
Place: West Chester, PA
Airport: Brandywine Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: TA9A
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8363E
Reported as: Piper PA28161
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 480 total50 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N8363ERegistered now · Piper PA-28-161S/N 28-8116187 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: student pilot bounced and ballooned on the 6th night landing and requested to do one more. On the 7th landing the student bounced again and ballooned. The student pilot suddenly let go of the control yoke. Instructor chad vischer grabbed the controls and attempted to land the aircraft. The aircraft had drifted to the right in the bounce and as it touched down the right main contacted snow on the side of the runway. The aircraft was pulled into the snow and slowly nosed over and came to rest inverted in the snow beside runway 27. The left main gear remained on the runway until the nose-over. The 50' wide runway had been plowed leaving app. 35 feet of useable runway between the snow banks.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT BOUNCED AND BALLOONED ON THE 6TH NIGHT LANDING AND REQUESTED TO DO ONE MORE. ON THE 7TH LANDING THE STUDENT BOUNCED AGAIN AND BALLOONED. THE STUDENT PILOT SUDDENLY LET GO OF THE CONTROL YOKE. INSTRUCTOR CHAD VISCHER GRABBED THE CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT IN THE BOUNCE AND AS IT TOUCHED DOWN THE RIGHT MAIN CONTACTED SNOW ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PULLED INTO THE SNOW AND SLOWLY NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED IN THE SNOW BESIDE RUNWAY 27. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE NOSE-OVER. THE 50' WIDE RUNWAY HAD BEEN PLOWED LEAVING APP. 35 FEET OF USEABLE RUNWAY BETWEEN THE SNOW BANKS.