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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · South St Paul, MN · May 16, 1996

Date: May 16, 1996 · 13:00 local
Place: South St Paul, MN
Airport: St Paul Municipal-Richard E Fleming
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N41265
Reported as: Piper PA28180
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 413 total32 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N41265Registered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-7405087 · Built 1974 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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: on landing a gust of wind raised left wing and aircraft departed runway. Aircraft went through shallow ditch bending nose gear aft, at this time the leg on engine mount broke causing the throttle cable to stretch. At this point there was no control over engine r.p.m. the propeller struck the taxi-way bending tips. Engine shut down with mixture control in field. Mr. Beton was flying the aircraft from the right seat during this incident. His future plans are to be a flight instructor and wanted to practice landing from this position.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON LANDING A GUST OF WIND RAISED LEFT WING AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH SHALLOW DITCH BENDING NOSE GEAR AFT, AT THIS TIME THE LEG ON ENGINE MOUNT BROKE CAUSING THE THROTTLE CABLE TO STRETCH. AT THIS POINT THERE WAS NO CONTROL OVER ENGINE R.P.M. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE TAXI-WAY BENDING TIPS. ENGINE SHUT DOWN WITH MIXTURE CONTROL IN FIELD. MR. BETON WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RIGHT SEAT DURING THIS INCIDENT. HIS FUTURE PLANS ARE TO BE A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND WANTED TO PRACTICE LANDING FROM THIS POSITION.