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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Titusville, FL · May 29, 1996

Date: May 29, 1996 · 12:30 local
Place: Titusville, FL
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4472P
Reported as: Piper PA23160
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total55 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N4472PRegistration cancelled Mar 23, 2018 · Piper PA-23-160S/N 23-1994 · Built 1961 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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: the pilot landed a little long and the aircraft began to oscillate. The aircraft went off the left side of the runway and started to ground loop. The aircraft ran off the runway on to the grass and hit a ditch. The nose wheel was broken, the left propeller was damaged, right propeller was damaged. The pilot suffered a few cuts, scrapes and bruises, nothing severe. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT LANDED A LITTLE LONG AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO OSCILLATE. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STARTED TO GROUND LOOP. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY ON TO THE GRASS AND HIT A DITCH. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS BROKEN, THE LEFT PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED, RIGHT PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. THE PILOT SUFFERED A FEW CUTS, SCRAPES AND BRUISES, NOTHING SEVERE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.