# Incident 19980415011109I: Piper PA42, Silver City, NM, April 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1998, 09:30 local time
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Silver City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GSCA
- Location: 32.7786° N, 108.2694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Silver City, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7786&lon=-108.2694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700VT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA42
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,680 total, 400 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980415011109I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, A GUST OF WIND WEATHERVANED THE AIRCRAFT. IT WENT LEFT. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER, TO NO AVAIL. HE APPLIED POWER TO THE LEFT ENGINE. THE PLANE VEERED ENOUGH TO THE LEFT THAT ONE PROPELLER BLADE CAUGHT A REFLECTOR POST. ABOUT 11/2" OF THE BLADE WAS DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE 2 PILOTS OR 2 PASSENGERS. AWOS WEATHER GAVE THE WINDS AT 270-290, AT 21/G28. THEY WERE LANDING ON RUNWAY 35. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED REGARDING THE PUBLISHED LIMITATIONS LANDING ON THE AIRCRAFT AND THINKING IN TERMS OF PERSONAL LIMITATIONS. HE WAS COMPLIANT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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