# Incident 19960516026929I: Piper PA28180, South St Paul, MN, May 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1996, 13:00 local time
- Place: South St Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul Municipal-Richard E Fleming
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8880° N, 93.0405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8880&lon=-93.0405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41265, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41265) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 413 total, 32 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960516026929I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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