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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Ann Arbor, MI · February 24, 1998

Date
February 24, 1998 · 16:24 local
Place
Ann Arbor, MI
Airport
Ann Arbor Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4449T
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
93 total65 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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 stated that she was trying to expedite turning off the active runway. She missed the last turnoff to the taxi-way. The aircraft proceeded down the runway which caused the right wing to collide with the runway end identifier lights (REIL).

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO EXPEDITE TURNING OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. SHE MISSED THE LAST TURNOFF TO THE TAXI-WAY. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED DOWN THE RUNWAY WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO COLLIDE WITH THE RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHTS (REIL).