19990606015299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA23250 · Hawthorne, NV · June 6, 1999

Date: June 6, 1999 · 08:45 local
Place: Hawthorne, NV
Airport: Hawthorne Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2406M
Reported as: Piper PA23250
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,280 total65 in this make and model75 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.

Pilot was performing full stop, touch-and-go landings. Upon the second landing, immediately upon touch down, the aircraft veered off the runway uncontrollably to the right. The aircraft continued into the soft dirt for approxiamately 300 yards until the nose gear collapsed. An inspection of the brakes at the incident site revealed no irregularities. Note: pilot was the sole occupant on board.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PERFORMING FULL STOP, TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. UPON THE SECOND LANDING, IMMEDIATELY UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY UNCONTROLLABLY TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED INTO THE SOFT DIRT FOR APPROXIAMATELY 300 YARDS UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AN INSPECTION OF THE BRAKES AT THE INCIDENT SITE REVEALED NO IRREGULARITIES. NOTE: PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD.