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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Killeen, TX · April 14, 1996

Date: April 14, 1996 · 09:07 local
Place: Killeen, TX
Airport: Killeen Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N615FL
Reported as: Piper PA28140
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 28 total28 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

N615FLRegistration cancelled Apr 26, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7125496 · Built 1971 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 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 took-off from ile runway 01 to practice landings. On first approach at short final, with partial (2) flaps extended, aircraft seemed to balloon at this time the student pilot attempted to re-establish a flare. The aircraft contacted the runway and porpoised. Student added power and attempted to take-off. The aircraft was drifting left as it became airborne and struck the VASI with one of the landing gear. The aircraft then contacted the ground and came to rest approximately 50 feet to the left of the runway. The student pilot exited the aircraft with no injuries. There were no injuries and no fire. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT TOOK-OFF FROM ILE RUNWAY 01 TO PRACTICE LANDINGS. ON FIRST APPROACH AT SHORT FINAL, WITH PARTIAL (2) FLAPS EXTENDED, AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO BALLOON AT THIS TIME THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RE-ESTABLISH A FLARE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND PORPOISED. STUDENT ADDED POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO TAKE-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING LEFT AS IT BECAME AIRBORNE AND STRUCK THE VASI WITH ONE OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.