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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Buena Vista, CO · June 2, 1996

Date
June 2, 1996 · 17:53 local
Place
Buena Vista, CO
Airport
Buena Vista Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1834T
Reported as
Piper PA28180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
478 total360 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot landing aircraft experienced wind shift when flaring. This caused the aircraft to side slip at an angle that after touchdown the aircraft slowly departed the runway to the left. Damage was limited to the left gear strut, left flap and nose gear wheel fairing. Additionally, a propeller strike was encountered.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT LANDING AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED WIND SHIFT WHEN FLARING. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SIDE SLIP AT AN ANGLE THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LEFT GEAR STRUT, LEFT FLAP AND NOSE GEAR WHEEL FAIRING. ADDITIONALLY, A PROPELLER STRIKE WAS ENCOUNTERED.

Other reports on N1834T · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.