OpenAirDocs.org

19980409008159I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Altus, OK · April 9, 1998

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
April 9, 1998 · 16:15 local
Place
Altus, OK
Airport
Altus Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5679U
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
64 total28 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days
N5679URegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-26476 · Built 1969Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine 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: on April 9, 1998 approximately 16:15 the student pilot of Piper, PA-38-140, N5679U, was practicing landing and takeoff on runway 35 at the Altus Municipal Airport. After one successful touch and go, the pilot said the wind conditions were bumpy on the second approach. During the approach, a sudden gust caused the aircraft to sink unexpectedly which caused the plane to bounce off the runway. The pilot said he applied power to attempt to go around, but the aircraft was out of his control and it bounced off the runway four or five times. After the last bounce, it came down on the nose gear and the propeller struck the runway and the left wing tip dragged on the pavement. The aircraft veered off the runway onto the grassy area between the runway and taxi way and stopped. The engine mount/nose gear support was bent, the propeller blades were bent, the left wing tip was damaged, the firewall was bent, and the skin aft of the firewall was punctured. There were no injuries. The student pilot was the only occupant of the airplane in this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 9, 1998 APPROXIMATELY 16:15 THE STUDENT PILOT OF PIPER, PA-38-140, N5679U, WAS PRACTICING LANDING AND TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 35 AT THE ALTUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. AFTER ONE SUCCESSFUL TOUCH AND GO, THE PILOT SAID THE WIND CONDITIONS WERE BUMPY ON THE SECOND APPROACH. DURING THE APPROACH, A SUDDEN GUST CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SINK UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH CAUSED THE PLANE TO BOUNCE OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SAID HE APPLIED POWER TO ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF HIS CONTROL AND IT BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY FOUR OR FIVE TIMES. AFTER THE LAST BOUNCE, IT CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT WING TIP DRAGGED ON THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXI WAY AND STOPPED. THE ENGINE MOUNT/NOSE GEAR SUPPORT WAS BENT, THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT, THE LEFT WING TIP WAS DAMAGED, THE FIREWALL WAS BENT, AND THE SKIN AFT OF THE FIREWALL WAS PUNCTURED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE IN THIS INCIDENT.