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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28161 · Cedar Key, FL · April 22, 1996

Date: April 22, 1996 · 16:00 local
Place: Cedar Key, FL
Airport: George T. Lewis Airport
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8429B
Reported as: Piper PA28161
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 50 total3 in this make and model50 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: german national with a one week old private pilot certificate and 3.2 hours in a PA-28 attempted a cross wind landing at Cedar Key, FL in approximately a 10 k right cross wind at 55 degrees. Aircraft drifted left at touchdown and pilot attempted to go around. Aircraft contacted top of 8 foot palmetto tree on left edge of runway sustaining minor damage to leading edge of wing. Pilot returned and landed safely on runway 23. Pilot received further training from chief flight instructor on crosswind landings in a PA-28. No further action. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: GERMAN NATIONAL WITH A ONE WEEK OLD PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AND 3.2 HOURS IN A PA-28 ATTEMPTED A CROSS WIND LANDING AT CEDAR KEY, FL IN APPROXIMATELY A 10 K RIGHT CROSS WIND AT 55 DEGREES. AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT AT TOUCHDOWN AND PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED TOP OF 8 FOOT PALMETTO TREE ON LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE OF WING. PILOT RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY ON RUNWAY 23. PILOT RECEIVED FURTHER TRAINING FROM CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON CROSSWIND LANDINGS IN A PA-28. NO FURTHER ACTION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.