19990506028089I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Oceano, CA · May 6, 1999

Date
May 6, 1999 · 19:34 local
Place
Oceano, CA
Airport
Oceano County Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N43215
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total200 in this make and model48 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.

(-23)Mr. Truhitte landed short of the runway while flying into a setting sun. The nose wheel was bent upward and the propeller was twisted. Skid marks 40-60 feet long started in the dirt short of the runway. Mr. Truhitte was getting instruction from Mr. Kunde, a certified flight instructor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)MR. TRUHITTE LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WHILE FLYING INTO A SETTING SUN. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS BENT UPWARD AND THE PROPELLER WAS TWISTED. SKID MARKS 40-60 FEET LONG STARTED IN THE DIRT SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. MR. TRUHITTE WAS GETTING INSTRUCTION FROM MR. KUNDE, A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.