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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-301 · False Pass, AK · August 29, 1997

Date
August 29, 1997 · 13:24 local
Place
False Pass, AK
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PNSA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8212H
Reported as
Piper PA32301
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,432 total490 in this make and model167 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: during the transition from rotation to a crab into the right cross wind off runway 13 at False Pass, aircraft encountered a gust of wind which lifted the right wing causing the left wing tip to contact the runway pilot responded with full right roll and maintained positive control of the aircraft. Because there appeared to be only minor damage to the wing tip and the conditions at False Pass were now unpredictable and gusting. Pilot elected to return to cold bay. There were no adverse flight characteristics.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING THE TRANSITION FROM ROTATION TO A CRAB INTO THE RIGHT CROSS WIND OFF RUNWAY 13 AT FALSE PASS, AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND WHICH LIFTED THE RIGHT WING CAUSING THE LEFT WING TIP TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY PILOT RESPONDED WITH FULL RIGHT ROLL AND MAINTAINED POSITIVE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. BECAUSE THERE APPEARED TO BE ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP AND THE CONDITIONS AT FALSE PASS WERE NOW UNPREDICTABLE AND GUSTING. PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO COLD BAY. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS.

Other reports on N8212H · 2

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