19990628024439I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Alexandria, LA · June 28, 1999

Date: June 28, 1999 · 16:00 local
Place: Alexandria, LA
Airport: Esler Regional
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N3762T
Reported as: Piper PA28R180
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360B1E
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total1,120 in this make and model

N3762TRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180S/N 28R-30073 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft landed on grass strip and then veered off left side of runway. Left main and nose gear traversed a 12 inch wide, 12 inch deep ditch, and right main gear settled into ditch. Nose gear sheared off and then aircraft slid 50 feet and came to a halt. Right main gear appears to be bent inboard, propeller bent and tips curled. Engine mount cracked at engine attatch point on upper left side. Aircraft was overdue an annual inspection and was on a ferry permit from 9LA6, pineville municipal airport.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON GRASS STRIP AND THEN VEERED OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY. LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR TRAVERSED A 12 INCH WIDE, 12 INCH DEEP DITCH, AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR SETTLED INTO DITCH. NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF AND THEN AIRCRAFT SLID 50 FEET AND CAME TO A HALT. RIGHT MAIN GEAR APPEARS TO BE BENT INBOARD, PROPELLER BENT AND TIPS CURLED. ENGINE MOUNT CRACKED AT ENGINE ATTATCH POINT ON UPPER LEFT SIDE. AIRCRAFT WAS OVERDUE AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND WAS ON A FERRY PERMIT FROM 9LA6, PINEVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.