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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Gladewater, TX · February 19, 2000

Date: February 19, 2000 · 18:18 local
Place: Gladewater, TX
Airport: Gladewater Munu Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9426W
Reported as: Piper PA28235
Reported engine: Lycoming O540B4B5
Pilot’s flight hours: 240 total50 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N9426WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235S/N 28-11129 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On lnading all 3GEARS touched down left of the runway centerline. Light skid marks indicate some serpentine movement then continued to veer left, approximately 600 feet from initial touchdown. The aircraft made a sharp right turn and exited the runway. The nosegear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest about 25 feet right of runway 35. The skid marks indicate it was sliding sideways during the right turn.

As the FAA filed it

ON LNADING ALL 3GEARS TOUCHED DOWN LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. LIGHT SKID MARKS INDICATE SOME SERPENTINE MOVEMENT THEN CONTINUED TO VEER LEFT, APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET FROM INITIAL TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN AND EXITED THE RUNWAY. THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 25 FEET RIGHT OF RUNWAY 35. THE SKID MARKS INDICATE IT WAS SLIDING SIDEWAYS DURING THE RIGHT TURN.